Shirongol languages

Shirongol
Geographic
distribution		Central China
Linguistic classificationMongolic
  • Southern Mongolic
    • Shirongol
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologshir1260

The Shirongol or Shirongolic languages are a branch of the Mongolic language family spoken in the Gansu and Qinghai provinces of China. The largest Shirongol language is Dongxiang, having approximately 200,000 speakers.[1] They have been heavily influenced by neighboring languages,[2][page needed] most significantly Mandarin Chinese, and now some Shirongol peoples speak the Tangwang language, a mixed language based on Mandarin and Dongxiang.

  1. ^ "Dongxiang". Ethnologue.
  2. ^ Rybatzki, Volker (2003). "Intra-Mongolic Taxomony". In Janhunen, Juha (ed.). The Mongolic Languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79690-7.