Xinjiang Oirat
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The Xinjiang Oirat language is mainly composed of the Torghud dialect of Oirat. The Xinjiang Oirats, also known as the Dzungars, formed the majority of the population of northern Xinjiang until the Qing conquest and the Dzungar genocide.