Shirongol languages

Shirongol
Shirongol
Geographic; distribution	Central China
Linguistic classification	Mongolic Southern Mongolic Shirongol; ;
Subdivisions	Baoanic; Monguor;
Glottolog	shir1260

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] most significantly Mandarin Chinese, and now some Shirongol peoples speak the Hezhou language, a mixed language based on Mandarin and Dongxiang.

^ "Dongxiang". Ethnologue.
^ Juha Janhunen (2003). Routledge (ed.). The Mongolic languages. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] "Dongxiang". Ethnologue.

[2] Juha Janhunen (2003). Routledge (ed.). The Mongolic languages. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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