Language Buryat. bxm_word-list_1991_01.html, entries: 1 - 158
Also Known As:
Mongolian Buriat, бурят-монгольский язык, buryaad xelen, буряад хэлэн, буриад аялгуу, бурятский язык, Northern Mongolian, Buriat, Buryat, Buriat-Mongolian, Mongolia Buriat, Bur:aad, Burjatisch
Dialects & Varieties
- Aga
- Khori
Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html
Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>300,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
400,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
In rural areas, knowledge of other languages (Russian, Mongolian, Chinese, and Japanese) seems to be better among adult males than females.
Location and Context
Countries
Mongolia; China
Location Description
In Transbaikalia, extending from Lake Baikal in the west to the Onon basin in the east; also in northeastern Mongolia (since the 19th century) and northwestern Manchuria, China (after 1917); on the Russian side the Eastern Buryat population is today concentrated in the regions known as the Buryat Republic (Buryatia) and the Aga Buryat Autonomous District of Chita Oblast; on the Chinese side the speakers of Eastern Buryat live in the region of the river Xinihe (Shinehen), a tributary to the Imin-Hailar-Argun system in southern Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian, Mongolian, Chinese, Japanese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Cyrillic script
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
The language also has a Soviet-period written standard (in Cyrillic script) replacing earlier use of Written Mongolian; the Russian impact is currently being fought back by a purist movement, which aims at reintroducing Written Mongolian as the literary language; Written Mongolian is also going to be reintroduced in Mongolia, and it already serves as the literary language for the Buryat population in China
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