Oirat-Khalkha languages

Oirat-Khalkha languages

Infobox Language family
name=Oirat-Khalkha
region=Central Asia
familycolor=Altaic
fam1=Altaic [" [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90009] Ethnologue"] (controversial)
fam2=Mongolic
fam3=Eastern
child1=Khalkha-Buriat group
child2=Oirat-Kalmyk-Darkhat group

The Oirat-Khalkha languages are a group of languages spoken in Central Asia. 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, Russia, and Inner Mongolia.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90483 Ethnologue report on Oirat-Khalkha languages]
* [http://www.chriskaplonski.com/mongolia/ethnicgroups.html Ethnic groups of Mongolia]
* [http://www.chriskaplonski.com/images/ethnicmap_med.jpgEthnic map of Mongolia]

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