Oroch people explained

Group:Orochs
Alternative names:
Nani
Native Name:Нани
Population: 3308 (est.)
Region1:
  • : 376
  • : 94
  • : 17
  • : 16
Pop1:527
Ref1:[1]
Region2: Ukraine
Pop2:288 (2001)
Langs:Oroch language, Russian
Rels:Shamanism, Russian Orthodoxy
Related:Evens, Evenks, Ulchs, Nanai, Orok, Udege

Orochs (Russian О́рочи), Orochons, or Orochis (self-designation: Nani) are a people of Russia that speak the Oroch (Orochon) language of the Southern group of Tungusic languages. According to the 2002 census there were 686 Orochs in Russia. According to the 2010 census there were 596 Orochs in Russia.

Orochs traditionally settled in the southern part of the Khabarovsk Krai, Russia and on the Amur and Kopp rivers. In the 19th century, some of them migrated to Sakhalin. In the early 1930s, the Orochi National District was created, but was cancelled shortly thereafter "due to lack of native population".

Because the people never had a written language, they were educated in Russian. Their language, Oroch, is on the verge of extinction; According to the 2021 census there are only about 43 native speakers of the language. They follow Shamanism and Russian Orthodox Church.

History

Between 1963 and 1993, major changes took place in Oroch families:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russian Census 2021: Population by ethnicity . ru.
  2. Историческая Демография . ru . Historical Demography . Научный журнал . 1 . 5 . 2010.