About Mongolian
Mongolian is the official language of the independent nation of Mongolia and is spoken by over 7 million people. Speakers live not only in Mongolia, but also in some parts of China (Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) and Russia (Buryatia and Kalmykia).
Mongolian is part of the Altaic language family and consists of numerous dialects. Khalkha Mongolian is the predominant dialect spoken in Mongolia and can be written in both Cyrillic and vertical Mongolian script (introducted by Chinggis Khan in the 13th century).
Indiana University is the only university in North America that offers a Mongolian program and formal Mongolian language instruction for three levels as a part of a degree program (through the Department of Central Eurasian Studies).
Mongolian is also available as an intensive online course during the summer through the Language Workshop.