Buryat language

The Buryat language is a minority language in Russia, Mongolia, and China.

Buryat
Buriat
буряад хэлэн buryaad xelen
ᠪᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠳ
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ
ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ
Native toEastern Russia (Buryat Republic, Ust-Orda Buryatia, Aga Buryatia), northern Mongolia, Northeast China (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia)
EthnicityBuryats, Barga Mongols
Native speakers(265,000 in Russia and Mongolia (2010 census); 65,000 in China cited 1982 census)e19
Language family
Mongolic
  • Central Mongolic
    • Buryat
Writing systemCyrillic, Mongolian script, Vagindra script, Latin
Official status
Official language inBuryatia (Russia)
Language codes
ISO 639-2bua
ISO 639-3buainclusive code Buriat
Individual codes:
bxu – Inner Mongolian (China) Buriat
bxm – Mongolia Buriat
bxr – Russia Buriat
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Buryat Language Media

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