Buriat, Russia
A language of Russian Federation (Asia)
| Population | 369,000. Ethnic population: 445,175 (2002 Russian census). |
| Region | Siberia, east of Lake Baikal, bordering on Mongolia. |
| Language map |
Western Asian Russia, reference number 32 |
| Alternate names | Buriat-Mongolian, Buryat, Northern Mongolian |
| Dialects | Ekhirit-Bulagat, Selengin, Unga, Ninzne-Udinsk, Barguzin, Tunka, Oka, Alar, Bohaan, Bokhan. Buriat in newspapers from around Irkutsk, west of Lake Baikal; Buriat east of the lake less influenced by Russian, more like in Mongolia. Literary dialect differs considerably from those in Mongolia and China, which are influenced by other languages. Khori main dialect in the Russian Federation. Speakers in the Russian Federation apparently understand each other well. |
| Classification | Altaic, Mongolic, Eastern, Oirat-Khalkha, Khalkha-Buriat, Buriat A member of macrolanguage Buriat [bua] (Russian Federation (Asia)). |
| Language use | Home, community. All ages. Neutral attitude. Younger also use Russian. |
| Language development | Those on both sides of the lake are fully literate in the literary variety. Newspapers. Bible: 1846. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Heavily influenced by Russian. East: pastoralists: cattle, horses, sheep, goats, camels; west: agriculturalists. Buddhist (Lamaist), traditional religion. |
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