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Mongolian is the official national language of Mongolia, where it is spoken (but not always written) by nearly 3.6 million people (2014 estimate), [16] and the official provincial language (both spoken and written forms) of Inner Mongolia, where there are at least 4.1 million ethnic Mongols. [17]
Within Mongolian proper, they then draw a distinction between Khalkha on the one hand and the Mongolian language in Inner Mongolia (containing everything else) on the other hand. A less common subdivision of Central Mongolic is to divide it into a Central dialect (Khalkha, Chakhar, Ordos), an Eastern dialect (Kharchin, Khorchin), a Western ...
The Mongolic language family has about 6 million speakers. The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian, is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia and the Mongolian residents of Inner Mongolia, with an estimated 5.2 million speakers. [5] Geographic distribution of Mongolic languages
A bilingual (Russian and Kalmyk) sign with the text "Clean zone!"(Russian) and "Overseen zone!" (Kalmyk) at the Elista bus station. Kalmyk Oirat (Kalmyk: Хальмг Өөрдин келн, Haľmg Öördin keln, [xalʲˈmək øːrˈdin keˈlən]), [3] commonly known as the Kalmyk language (Kalmyk: Хальмг келн, Haľmg keln, [xalʲˈmək keˈlən]), is a variety of the Mongolian ...
Mongol language may refer to: Languages of Central Asia: Middle Mongol language, a Mongolic koiné language spoken in the Mongol Empire; Mongolian language, the official language of Mongolia; Mongolic languages, a group of languages spoken in East-Central Asia, mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas; Languages of Papua New Guinea:
This is a List of historical cities and towns of Mongolia. Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to about 45% of the population.
Examples of Buriad usage in Aginskoie public space. Buryat or Buriat, [1] [2] [note 1] known in foreign sources as the Bargu-Buryat dialect of Mongolian, and in pre-1956 Soviet sources as Buryat-Mongolian, [note 2] [4] is a variety of the Mongolic languages spoken by the Buryats and Bargas that is classified either as a language or major dialect group of Mongolian.
Their Tungusic language is Evenki (Khamnigan is the Mongol name for the Evenki), while Khamnigan Mongol is a distinct Mongolic language, not a dialect of Mongol or Buryat as traditionally classified in Mongolia or in Russia. Mongol is the dominant language; the two dialects of Evenki are only used by part of the population, and only within the ...