Mongolization

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Mongolization is a cultural and language shift whereby populations adopt the Mongolic languages or culture. Kazakhs in Mongolia went through partial Mongolization.{{Cite journal|title=Ethnolinguistic Identification and Adaptation of Repatriates in Polycultural Kazakhstan|first1=Baurzhan|last1=Bokayev|first2=Sholpan|last2=Zharkynbekova|first3=Khalida|last3=Nurseitova|first4=Ainash|last4=Bokayeva|first5=Assel|last5=Akzhigitova|first6=Saniya|last6=Nurgalieva|date=November 1, 2012|journal=Journal of Language, Identity & Education|volume=11|issue=5|pages=333–343|doi=10.1080/15348458.2012.723579|s2cid=144010155}}

Historically, groups such as Ongud, Keraites, Naimans and Merkits were Mongolized Turkic groups. Tanguts, who speak the Sino-Tibetan language but later became Mongolian, can be given as an example. Khotons are Mongolic but formerly were of Turkic ethnicity.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nFx3OlrBMpQC | title=The History of the Mongol Conquests | isbn=0812217667 | last1=Saunders | first1=J. J. | date=29 March 2001 | publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press }}