Middle Mongol | |
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ꡏꡡꡃꡢꡡꡙ | |
Native to | Mongolia, China, Russia |
Era | Developed into Classical Mongolian by the 17th century |
Mongolic
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Early form | |
Mongolian script ʼPhags-pa Chinese characters Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xng |
xng | |
Glottolog | midd1351 |
Middle Mongol or Middle Mongolian was a Mongolic koiné language spoken in the Mongol Empire. Originating from Genghis Khan's home region of Northeastern Mongolia, it diversified into several Mongolic languages after the collapse of the empire.[1] In comparison to Modern Mongolian, it is known to have had no long vowels, different vowel harmony and verbal systems and a slightly different case system.