Mongolic family

Buryat

c. 1600 CE – today Living

Buryat (c. 1600 CE – today) is a living Mongolic language. Lineage: Proto-Mongolic → Middle Mongol → Buryat.

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Speakers
300K (300,000)
ISO 639-3
bua

Mongolic language of Buryatia (Russia) and neighbouring parts of Mongolia and China.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Mongolicc. 1000 CE – 1200 CE
  2. Middle Mongol1200 CE – 1600 CE
  3. Buryatc. 1600 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Middle Mongol.

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