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Preferred term

monMongolian  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Mongolic languages are a group of languages spoken in East-Central Asia, mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas plus in Kalmykia. 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, China with an estimated 5.2 million speakers. Mongolic is sometimes grouped with Turkic, Tungusic and possibly Korean and Japonic as part of the larger Altaic family.

Entry terms

  • Mongolian language
  • Mongolian languages
  • Mongolic language
  • Mongolic languages

ISO 639-1 code

  • mn

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • mon

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • mon

ISO 639-3 code

  • mon

ISO 639-5 code

  • xgn

Notation

  • mon

In other languages

  • mongol

    French

  • langue mongoles
  • Langues mongoles
  • mongoles, langues
  • Mongolisch

    German

  • Mongolische Sprachen
  • mongolo

    Italian

  • Lingue mongoliche
  • mongol

    Portuguese

  • Línguas mongólicas
  • mongol

    Spanish

  • Lenguas mongólicas

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mon

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