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Khoid
Location of the Khoid in the Oirat Confederation
Regions with significant populations
  Mongolia5 000 [1]
  China15 000
  Kalmykiaa few thousands?
Languages
Oirat dialect
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism
Related ethnic groups
Mongols, especially Oirats

The Khoid, also Khoyd or Khoit ( Chinese: 辉特; "Northern ones/people") people are an Oirat subgroup of the Choros clan. Once one of largest tribes of the Oirats.

References

  1. ^ Хойты census of 1999.