Also Known As:
Russian Buriat, бурят-монгольский язык, buryaad xelen, буриад аялгуу, Buryat, Northern Mongolian, Burjatisch, буряад хэлэн, buriaad xelen
Dialects & Varieties
- Alar
- Unga
- Oka
- Ekhirit
- Bohaan
- Barguzin
- Tunka
- Bulagat
- Ninzne-Udinsk
Recent Resources
Zhimba-lama from Tamchinsky datsan (Buryatia) talking about life and religion.
Goodness - Clip about buryat language
Мультфильм рассказывает о большом бурятском празднике на родном языке.
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html