Buryat language

Buryat
Buriat
буряад хэлэн buryaad khelen
ᠪᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠳ
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ
ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ
Pronunciation[bʊˈrʲaːt xɤ̞.ˈlɤ̞ŋ]
Native toEastern Russia (Buryatia Republic, Ust-Orda Buryatia, Agin Buryatia), northern Mongolia, Northeast China (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia)
EthnicityBuryats, Barga Mongols
Native speakers
440,000 (2017–2020)
Mongolic
Cyrillic, Mongolian, Vagindra, Latin
Official status
Official language in
Buryatia (Russia)
Language codes
ISO 639-2bua Buriat
ISO 639-3bua – inclusive code Buriat
Individual codes:
bxu  Inner Mongolian (China) Buriat
bxm  Mongolia Buriat
bxr  Russia Buriat
Glottologburi1258
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.