Mongolic languages
The Mongolic languages are a language family spoken by the Mongolic peoples in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, North Asia and East Asia, mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas and in Kalmykia and Buryatia. The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian, is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia and the Mongol residents of Inner Mongolia, with an estimated 5.7+ million speakers.
| Mongolic | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Mongolic peoples |
| Geographic distribution | Mongolia, Inner Mongolia (China), Buryatia and Kalmykia (Russia), Herat Province (Afghanistan) and Issyk-Kul Region (Kyrgyzstan) |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Proto-language | Proto-Mongolic |
| Subdivisions | |
| ISO 639-5 | xgn |
| Glottolog | mong1329 |
Geographic distribution of the Mongolic languages | |
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