A well-established family of languages spoken by the Mongolic peoples across Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and neighbouring regions of Russia, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Its members include Central Mongolic (Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat/Kalmyk), the Southern Mongolic languages and the extinct Moghol. A minority of linguists have grouped Mongolic with Turkic and Tungusic as part of the disputed Altaic hypothesis, but the internal unity of Mongolic itself is not in question.
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RegionMongolia, Inner Mongolia (China), Buryatia and Kalmykia (Russia), Herat Province (Afghanistan) and Issyk-Kul Region (Kyrgyzstan) 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusMongolic is a well-established family descended from a common Proto-Mongolic ancestor; what remains disputed is only its proposed external grouping with Turkic and Tungusic under the Altaic hypothesis, not the internal unity of Mongolic itself. 1 Mongolic
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Altaic, Language Families Why this is disputed. Mongolic is one of the three core families the Altaic hypothesis proposes to unite; most specialists attribute the resemblance to areal contact rather than common descent.
Source Wikipedia: Altaic Languages
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Source Wikipedia: Mongolian Language
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1. Wikipedia: Mongolic Languages
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
An estimated 5.7+ million speakers
- Altaic subsection
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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.
View the Source Wikipedia: Altaic Languages
Wikipedia: Mongolian Language
WikipediaIncludes: Mongolian, Classification sectionQuote, Includes: Mongolian, Classification section
Mongolian belongs to the Mongolic languages
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