Buryat language
| Buryat | |
|---|---|
| Buriat | |
| буряад хэлэн buryaad khelen ᠪᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠳ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ | |
| Pronunciation | [bʊˈrʲaːt xɤ̞.ˈlɤ̞ŋ] |
| Native to | Eastern Russia (Buryatia Republic, Ust-Orda Buryatia, Agin Buryatia), northern Mongolia, Northeast China (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia) |
| Ethnicity | Buryats, Barga Mongols |
Native speakers | 440,000 (2017–2020) |
| Cyrillic, Mongolian, Vagindra, Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Buryatia (Russia) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | bua Buriat |
| ISO 639-3 | bua – inclusive code BuriatIndividual codes: bxu – Inner Mongolian (China) Buriatbxm – Mongolia Buriatbxr – Russia Buriat |
| Glottolog | buri1258 |
| ELP | |
Buryat is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Buryat or Buriat, known in foreign sources as the Bargu-Buryat dialect of Mongolian, and in pre-1956 Soviet sources as Buryat-Mongolian, is a variety of the Mongolic languages spoken by the Buryats and Bargas that is classified either as a language or major dialect group of Mongolian.