Naming and Etymology
Although the words Dingling, Gaoche, Chile and Tiele are often used interchangeably, this usage is erroneous as pointed out by modern academia.
- Dingling refers to an extinct ancient ethnic group, whose original constituents mainly assimilated into the Xiongnu and Xianbei groups.
- The Gaoche, later Chile, were a tribe, descended in part from the Dingling, that was expelled from Mongolia by the Rouran and founded a state (487-541) at Turpan.
- The Tiele were a collection of tribes of different Turkic ethnic origins, largely descended from the Chile.
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