Eastern Buryat
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
Eastern Buryat

Stories

Recent Resources

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.

1

Revitalization Programs

Community Members

Forums

Bibliography

Bibliography of Vitality:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html