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🎎 From Mongolia 🧑‍🦱 A person from Mongolia 🏕️ A nomadic person 🗣️ A language
Mongolian

Mongolian

6.7
The language spoken in Mongolia and nearby regions
  • noun
  • /mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/
translation icon : mongol
  • Many children in Mongolia learn Mongolian as their first language at school.

Examples

  • Linguists study the Mongolian language to understand its unique grammatical features.

  • While all were nomads practicing the same horseback archery, not all were speakers of Mongolian languages.

  • The Mongolian languages belong to a group of languages spoken across Central Asia.

Synonyms

Mongolic language
vsMongolian
  • Specialized
9.6

A group of languages spoken mainly in Mongolia and nearby areas, like Mongolian and Buryat

is the general name for the language or closely related languages without classification focus
Mongolic
vsMongolian
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of languages spoken mainly in Mongolia and nearby regions

is used more generally for the language group without stressing wider classification

Compounds

Mongolian People's Republic
7.3

The former name of Mongolia during its socialist period from 1924 to 1992

Mongolian race
  • Slur
9.9

An old, wrong idea that grouped East and Southeast Asian people and is now seen as insulting

Surface Forms

Mongolian singular
Mongolians plural

Morphology

Mongolian = Mongol (transparent) = Mongol + ian

The language name is used interchangeably with the adjectival/demonymic form and is a predictable derivation from the ethnonym.

Etymology

Mongolian for the language is named after the Mongol people, so Mongolian means the 'language' spoken by the people of Mongolia.