China Buriat language

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China Buriat
Spoken in: People's Republic of China 
Region: Inner Mongolia
Total speakers: 65,000
Language family: Altaic[1]
 Mongolic
  Eastern
   Oirat-Khalkha
    Khalkha-Buriat
     Buriat
      China Buriat
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: –
ISO 639-3: bxu
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China Buriat (or China Buryat, Bargu Buriat) is a Mongolic language spoken in the People's Republic of China in the Hulun-Buyr District of Inner Mongolia. The speakers are officially included under the Mongolian nationality. [2]

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  1. ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.
  2. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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