This page compares Mongolic languages and their conservation status.
Comparison
editMerged of Mongolic peoples, Mongolic languages and List of Mongolic languages:
| Languages[1][2] | Peoples | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch | Name | Status | Total Speak. | Scr. | Wiki | Page count | 639-1/3 | National-state | Ethnonym | Pop. | Religion |
| Dagur | Dagur | Definitely endangered | 96,100 | Latn | N/a | N/a | dta | Morin Dawa A.B. ( | Daur | 131,992 | Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism |
| Shirongolic | Bonan | Definitely endangered | 6,000 | Latn | N/a | N/a | peh | Jishishan A.C. ( | Bonan | 20,074 | Sunni Islam, Tibetan Buddhism |
| Santa (Dongxiang) | Vulnerable | 200,000 | Latn | N/a | N/a | sce | Dongxiang A.C., Jishishan A.C. ( | Dongxiangs | 621,500 | Sunni Islam | |
| Kangjia | Severely endangered | 1,000 | Latn | N/a | N/a | kxs | Significant population in Tongren, Qinghai, | Kangjia | 2,000 | Islam | |
| Monguor (Tu) | Definitely endangered | 152,000 | Latn | N/a | N/a | mjg | Datong A.C., Huzhu A.C., Minhe A.C. ( | Monguor | 289,565 | Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam, Shamanism | |
| Southern | Eastern Yugur | Severely endangered | 4,000 | Latn | N/a | N/a | yuy | Sunan A.C. ( | Yugur | 15,000 | Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism |
| Central | Buryat | Definitely endangered | 65,000 | Cyrl | N/a | N/a | bua / bxu | Significant population in | Buryats | 10,000 | Tibetan Buddhism, Orthodox Christianity, Mongolian shamanism |
| Definitely endangered | 42,500 | Cyrl | N/a | N/a | bua / bxm | Significant population in | 45,087 | ||||
| Definitely endangered | 219,000 | Cyrl | bxr: | 2,918 | bua / bxr | 461,389 | |||||
| Mongolian | Normal | 2,666,580 | Cyrl | mn: | 27,684 | mn / mon / khk | Mongols | 11,000,000 | Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism | ||
| Southern Mongolian | Normal | 3,380,000 | Mong | inc:mvf | 30 | mn / mon / mvf | Inner Mongolia and others ( | ||||
| Kalmyk Oirat | Definitely endangered | 431,800 | Cyrl | xal: | 1,575 | xal | Kalmyks | 200,000 | Tibetan Buddhism | ||
| Khamnigan Mongol | Definitely endangered | 2,600 | N/a | N/a | ykh | Significant population in Inner Mongolia | Hamnigans | 10,000 | Mongolian shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism | ||
| Western | Moghol | Critically endangered | 0 | Latn | N/a | N/a | mhj | Significant population in | Moghol | 2,000 | Sunni Islam |
| Mixed | Wutun | Definitely endangered | 2,000 | N/a | N/a | wuh | Significant population in Tongren, Qinghai ( |
Chinese–Tibetan–Mongolian creolized language spoken by Monguor people | |||
| Para-Mongolic | Khitan | Historical | 0 | Kitl, Kits | N/a | N/a | zkt | Spoken by Khitan people between 4th-13th century. | |||
| Middle Mongol | 0 | N/a | N/a | xng | Developed into Classical Mongolian by the 17th century. | ||||||
| Classical Mongolian | 0 | Mong | N/a | N/a | cmg | Developed into modern Mongolian. | |||||
| Written Oirat | Extinct | 0 | Clear Script | N/a | N/a | xwo | Writtern form used in 17th and 18th centuries. | ||||
| Mongolic languages | 7.3M | 32,177 | xgn | Mongolic peoples | 12.8M | ||||||
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Wikimedia projects
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| Edition | Page count | Active users |
|---|---|---|
| Mongolian | 27,684 | 217 |
| Buryat | 2,918 | 23 |
| Kalmyk Oirat | 1,575 | 13 |
| Total | 32,177 | 253 |
| Edition | Page count | Active users |
|---|---|---|
| Mongolian | 9,606 | 11 |
Conservation status
editEthnologue classification
editSize and Vitality according to Ethnologue 24th edition:
| Size | Institutional | Stable | Endangered | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large | Mongolia (Halh) | Mongolian (Peripheral) | ||
| Mid-sized | Kalmyk Oirat, Buryat (Russia) | Daur, Buryat (Mongolia) | Dongxiang, Tu, Buryat (China), Bonan | |
| Small | Wutun | Kangjia, Eastern Yugur, Moghol | ||
Glottolog classification
editAES according to Glottolog Edition 4.4:[3]
| Status | Language |
|---|---|
| Not endangered | |
| Threatened |
Santa, Monguor, Eastern Yugur, China Buryat, Mongolia Buryat, Kalmyk Oirat, Southern Mongolian |
| Shifting | |
| Moribund | |
| Nearly Extinct | |
| Extinct | Moghol, Kitan, Middle Mongol |
Map
editWikidata
edit| Name | Speakers | UNESCO status | Ethnologue status | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daur | 96,085 | 3 definitely endangered | 7 Shifting | People's Republic of China |
| Bonan | 10,000 | 3 definitely endangered | 6b Threatened | People's Republic of China |
| Santa | 200,000 | 2 vulnerable | 6b Threatened | People's Republic of China |
| Kangjia | 1,000 | 4 severely endangered | 8a Moribund | People's Republic of China |
| Monguor | 152,000 | 4 severely endangered, 3 definitely endangered | 7 Shifting | People's Republic of China |
| Eastern Yugur | 4,000 | 4 severely endangered | 8a Moribund | People's Republic of China |
| China Buryat | 65,000 | 7 Shifting | People's Republic of China | |
| Mongolia Buryat | 42,500 | 6a Vigorous | Mongolia | |
| Russia Buryat | 219,000 | 2 Provincial | Russia | |
| Khalkha Mongolian | 2,704,030 | 1 National | Mongolia, Russia | |
| Southern Mongolian | 6b Threatened | People's Republic of China, Mongolia | ||
| Kalmyk Oirat | 431,800 | 3 definitely endangered | 2 Provincial | Russia |
| Khamnigan Mongol | 3 definitely endangered | People's Republic of China, Russia, Mongolia | ||
| Moghol | 200 | 5 critically endangered | 9 Dormant | Afghanistan, Iran |
| Wutun | 4,000 | 3 definitely endangered | 6a Vigorous | People's Republic of China |
Samples
edit| Name | UDHR |
|---|---|
| Bonan | |
| Buryat | |
| Dagur | |
| Eastern Yugur | |
| Kalmyk Oirat | |
| Kangjia | |
| Khitan | |
| Moghol | |
| Mongolian | Cyrl |
| Monguor (Tu) | |
| Santa (Dongxiang) | |
| Southern Mongolian | Mong |
| Wutun |
- ↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2020). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (23rd ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ↑ For test wikis, as of 15 January 2021.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). Glottolog. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
