Languages of Mongolia Languages of Mongolia Altay is a language of the Turkic group of languages. It is an official language of Altai Republic, Russia. The language was called Oyrot prior to 1948. There were ca. 52,000 people speaking this language in 1989. Two dialects of the Altay language are northern (with the Tuba, Kumandy, and Chalkan varieties named after the main tribes) and southern (with the Altai proper and Telengit varieties). ...more on Wikipedia about "Altay language"
The Evenk language (Evenki language) ( SIL: EVN, ...more on Wikipedia about "Evenk language"
Kalmyk (Kalmuck, Calmouk, Oirat) is the language of the Kalmyks, spoken in Kalmykia ( Russian Federation), Western China and Western Mongolia. There are about 160,000 Kalmyk speakers in each country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kalmyk language"
Mongolian is the best-known member of the Mongolic language family, and the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia. If the Altaic theory is correct, then Mongolian also belongs to the larger Altaic language family. It is also spoken in some of the surrounding areas in provinces of China and the Russian Federation. The majority of speakers in Mongolia speak the Khalkha (or Halh) dialect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mongolian language"
Russian (Russian: русский язык, russkiy yazyk, ) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Russian language"
Tuvan (Tuvan: Тыва дыл (Tyva dyl)), also known as Tuvinian, Tyvan, or Tuvin, is one of the Turkic languages. It is spoken by around 200,000 people in the Republic of Tuva in south-central Siberia. The language borrows a great number of roots from the Mongolian language and more recently from the Russian language. There are small diaspora groups of Tuvans that speak distinct dialects of Tuvan in the People's Republic of China and in Mongolia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tuvan language"
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