The Mongolic languages are a group of languages spoken in Central Asia, notably including Mongolian. Mongolic is sometimes grouped with Turkic and Tungusic as part of the larger Altaic family.
The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian (in Cyrillic orthography as used in Mongolia, Монгол Хэл, and in the vertical Uygur-derived script as used in Inner Mongolia, China, Mongγol Kele), is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia, and is spoken by around 5.7 million people in Mongolia and China.
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1. Classification
2. History
3. Notes
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| Mongolic |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Mongolia; Inner Mongolia and regions close to its border, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai (China); Buryatia and Kalmykia (Russian Federation) |
| Genetic classification: |
Altaic [1]
(controversial) Mongolic |
| Subdivisions: | Mongolian (Eastern Mongolic) Mogholi (Western Mongolic) |
| ISO 639-5: | xgn |
1. Classification
Mongolic