Mongolian language
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Mongolian is the principal language of the Mongolic language family that originated in the Mongolian Plateau. It is spoken by ethnic Mongols and other closely related Mongolic peoples who are native t
Edict of Kublai Khan (1289). Only the 'Phags-pa script retains the complete Middle Mongol vowel system.
Nova N 176 found in Kyrgyzstan. The manuscript (dating to the 12th century Western Liao) is written in the Mongolic Khitan language using cursive Khitan large script. It has 127 leaves and 15,000 characters.
Mongolian script and Mongolian Cyrillic on Sükhbaatar's statue in Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
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Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometers, making it the 18th-largest country in the
Mongolian language
…family that originated in the Mongolian Plateau. It is spoken by ethnic Mongols and other closely related Mongolic peoples who are native to modern Mongolia and surrounding parts of East, Central and North Asia. Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia and the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia…
7th-century Göktürk artifacts found 180 km (112 mi) from Ulaanbaatar
A 1278 portrait of Genghis Khan
The eighth Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, Bogd Khaan
Khorloogiin Choibalsan led Mongolia during the Stalinist era, and presided over an environment of intense political persecution.