Classical Mongolian language
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| Classical Mongolian | ||
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| Spoken in: | Mongolia, China, Russia | |
| Total speakers: | extinct | |
| Language family: | Altaic[1] Mongolic Classical Mongolian |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | cmg | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Classical Mongolian is an extinct Mongolic language formerly used in Mongolia, China, and Russia. It is a standardized written language used in a number of written texts such as the translation of the Kanjur and Tanjur and several cronicles roughly between 1700 and 1900.[2] The term is sometimes also used to refer to any language documents in Mongolian script that are neither Pre-classical nor modern Mongolian.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.
- ^ Janhunen, Juha (2003): Written Mongol: 32. In: Janhunen (ed.): The Mongolic languages. London: Routledge.
- ^ eg Linguist List entry for Classical Mongolian
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