Classical Mongolian language

Classical Mongolian
Spoken in Mongolia, China, Russia
Native speakers extinct  (date missing)
Language family
Mongolic
  • Classical Mongolian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cmg

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.[1] The term is sometimes also used to refer to any language documents in Mongolian script that are neither Pre-classical nor modern Mongolian.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Janhunen, Juha (2003): Written Mongol: 32. In: Janhunen (ed.): The Mongolic languages. London: Routledge.
  2. ^ eg Linguist List entry for Classical Mongolian

See also