Middle Mongolian language

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Middle Mongolian
Spoken in: Mongolia, China, Russia
Total speakers: extinct
Language family: Altaic[1]
 Mongolic
  Middle Mongolian
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: xng

Middle Mongolian is an extinct Mongolic language formerly spoken in Mongolia, China, and Russia. It is the ancestor of many Modern Mongolian dialects, spoken in the 13th to 14th centuries. [2]

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  1. ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.
  2. ^ Linguist List entry for Middle Mongolian

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