Mongolia

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Official Name
Mongolia
Population Full

3,225,000 (2019 UNDESA)

Principal Languages
Halh Mongolian
Literacy Rate
98% (2018 UNESCO)
International Conventions
CDE (1964), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2005), ICCPR (1974), UNCRPD (2009), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Poppe 1955, Sebeok 1967
Deaf Population
10,000–147,330
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Mongolia is 12. All are living languages. Of these, 7 are indigenous and 5 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional, 4 are developing, 2 are vigorous, 2 are in trouble, and 2 are dying. Also listed is 1 macrolanguage.