The Mongolic languages are a group of languages spoken in East-Central Asia, mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas plus in Kalmykia. The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian, is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia and the Mongolian residents of Inner Mongolia, China with an estimated 5.2 million speakers. A minority of linguists has grouped Mongolic with Turkic, Tungusic and possibly Korean and Japonic as part of the larger Altaic family.
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