Classical Mongolian edit
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Classical Mongolian
Spoken in: Mongolia, China, Russia
Total speakers: extinct
Language family: Altaic1
 Mongolic
  Classical Mongolian
Language codes
ISO 639-1: None
ISO 639-2: –
ISO 639-3: cmg
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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 1900.2 The term is sometimes also used to refer to any language documents in Mongolian script that are neither Pre-classical nor modern Mongolian.3

Notes

  1. ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.
  2. ^ Janhunen, Juha (2003): Written Mongol: 32. In: Janhunen (ed.): The Mongolic languages. London: Routledge.
  3. ^ eg Linguist List entry for Classical Mongolian

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