Mongolian is the official national language of Mongolia, where it is spoken (but not always written) by nearly 3.6 million people (2014 estimate), and the official provincial language (both spoken and written forms) of

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Mongolian belongs to the Mongolic languages. The delimitation of the Mongolian language within Mongolic is a much disputed theoretical problem, one whose resolution is impeded by the fact that existing data for the major varietiesis not easily arrangeable

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The following description is based primarily on the Khalkha dialect as spoken in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital. The phonologies of other varieties such as Ordos, Khorchin, and even Chakhar, differ considerably. This section discusses the phonologyof

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The grammar here is also based primarily on Khalkha Mongolian. Unlike the phonology, most of what is said about morphology and syntax also holds true for Chakhar, while Khorchin is somewhat more diverse.
Forming questions

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Mongolian has been written in a variety of alphabets, making it a language with one of the largest number of scripts used historically. The earliest

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The earliest surviving Mongolian text may be the Stele of Yisüngge [ru], a report on sports composed in Mongolian scripton stone, which is most often

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Mongolian first adopted loanwords from many languages including Old Turkic, Sanskrit (these often through Uighur), Persian,

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