Mongolian

Mongolic5.2 million totalCyrillic/Mongolian

RegionMongolia/China

FamilyMongolic

Speakers5.2 million total

ScriptCyrillic/Mongolian

TypeAlphabetic

About Mongolian

Uses Cyrillic in Mongolia and traditional script in Inner Mongolia. The traditional script is written vertically. Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and spread the language. Has vowel harmony like Turkish.

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