Mongolic languages

The Mongolic languages include Khalkha, Buryat, Kalmyk, Ordos, Chahar, Dagur, Yugur, Monguor, and a number of other languages.

Status

name	Language	native name	ISO 639		formalism	state	stems	coverage	location	primary authors
			-2	-3
apertium-khk	Khalkha	халха хэл	(mn)	khk	HFST (lexc+twol)	development	441	~50.6%	apertium-khk (incubator)	Jonathan,
apertium-bua	Buryat	буряад хэлэн		bua	HFST (lexc+twol)	prototype	217	~34.8%	apertium-bua (incubator)	Jonathan,

Existing language pairs

Text in italic denotes language pairs under development / in the incubator. Regular text denotes a functioning language pair in staging, while text in bold denotes a stable well-working language pair in trunk.

	khk	bua
khk	-	bua-khk 173
bua	bua-khk 173	-
kaz	khk-kaz 134

Vulnerability

This table summarizes the vulnerability of various Mongolic languages. Vulnerability data is derived from the ‘Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, © UNESCO, http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas’ and Ethnologue.

Language	ISO639-3	Location	Speakers	Status
				Ethnologue	UNESCO
Mogholi	mhj	Afghanistan	0	9 (Dormant)	4 (Critically endangered)
Kangjia	kxs	China	1,000	8a (Moribund)	3 (Severely endangered)
Yugur, East	yuy	China	4,000	8a (Moribund)	3 (Severely endangered)
Bonan	peh	China	6,000	7 (Shifting)	2 (Definitely endangered)
Buriat, China	bxu	China	65,000	7 (Shifting)	-
Daur	dta	China	96,100	7 (Shifting)	4 (Critically endangered)
Tu	mjg	China	152,000	7 (Shifting)	3 (Severely endangered)
Dongxiang	sce	China	200,000	6b (Threatened)	1 (Vulnerable)
Kalmyk-Oirat	xal	Russian Federation	360,500	6b (Threatened)	2 (Definitely endangered)
Buriat, Mongolia	bxm	Mongolia	45,100	6a (Vigorous)	-
Buriat, Russia	bxr	Russian Federation	219,000	5 (Developing)	-
Mongolian, Peripheral	mvf	China	3,380,000	2 (Provincial)	-
Mongolian, Halh	khk	Mongolia	2,373,260	1 (National)	-