The 'Buryat language' (or Buriat) is a
Mongolic language spoken by the
Buryats. They mostly populate
Siberia. The majority of speakers populate the bordering area of
Russia with
China and
Mongolia, and others live in those countries.
In
ISO 639-3 it is considered a
macrolanguage. The individual languages within this macrolanguage are:
★ 'Chinese Buryat' (65,000 speakers by Ethnologue
[2]).
★ 'Mongolian Buryat' (64,900
[3]).
★ 'Russian Buryat' (318,000
[4]).
''Buryat kheleng'' is official language in the
Buryat Republic of
Russia.
Orthography
| А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Е е | Ё ё | Ж ж |
| З з | И и | Й й | К к | Л л | М м | Н н | О о |
| Ө ө | П п | Р р | С с | Т т | У у | Ү ү | Ф ф |
| Х х | Һ h | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш | Щ щ | Ъ ъ | Ы ы |
| Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |
External links
★
Website of Buryat Republic government in Buryat language
★
Russian-Buryat dictionary
★
Textbook of Buryat language (for Russian speakers)
★
Webforum in the language