The Mongolian language

As the name may suggest, Mongolian is primarily spoken by Mongolians in Mongolia and its surrounding areas. It is the best-known and largest member of the Mongolic language family, which is part of the Altaic family language. The Altaic family also includes Turkic and Manchu-Tungus languages. Turkic is the biggest in terms of its speakers as it includes Turkish and the Central Asian languages, while many of the Manchu-Tungus languages are endangered and their future is very uncertain. The Altaic family is a classification based primarily on typological criteria and not genetic. Therefore, the classification remains speculative and it is believed that its languages’ similarities arose as a result of areal diffusions and not shared inheritance.