Buryat (буряад хэлэн)

Buryat is a Mongolic language spoken by about 400,000 people mainly in the Republic of Buryatia, Ust-Ordyn and Aginsk autonomic districts of the Russian Federation, and also in northern Mongolia and northwestern China.

A method of writing Buryat using the Cyrillic alphabet was created after the 1917 Russian Revolution. Before that, the Buryats wrote in Traditional Mongolian script. In 1931 a version of the Latin alphabet was adopted to write Buryat, then in 1939 the Cyrillic alphabet was re-introduced.

Traditional Mongolian script for Buryat

Latin alphabet for Buryat

Buryat alphabet and pronunciation

Notes

At the ends of words and before unvoiced consonants, б = [p], г = [k], ж = [ʃ], and з = [s]
в = [ɸ] at the ends of words and before unvoiced consonants, and [v] in Russian names and loanwords.
n = [ŋ] before г and х and at the ends of words.
Letters in red are only used in Russian names and loanwords.

An introduction to the Buryat alphabet and pronunciation (in Russian):

Information about Buryat pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel.

Download alphabet charts for Buryat (Excel)

Sample texts in Buryat

Эгсэ-континентальна уларилтай, Ази түбиин дундахи уула майлатай газарта, хүйтэн үбэл ба халуун зун болодог. Хуурай агаартай хадаа үбэлэй хүйтэниие бараг тэсэхээр байдаг. Зунай халуун үдэрэй тэндэ шанга болодог, гэбэшье үдэшэ үглөөндөө һэрюун зохид байдаг. Намарынь ута, Байгал далайн уһанай хyрэтэр, энэ үедэ Буряад орондо агаарай температура ороной европодохи нютагуудһаа дээшэ байхаяа һанадаг. Сибириин хабар март һарын һүүл багаар мэдэгдэдэг, апрелиин һүүл багаар түрүүшын ногоон бултайдаг.

Source: www.buryatia.ru/buryatia/gov/buryat/

Хүн бүри түрэхэһөө эрхэ сүлөөтэй, нэрэ түрэ, эрхынхээ хубида адли тэгшэ байна. Тэдэндэ оюун ухаан, үрэлиг сэдьхэл заяаһан болоод өөр хоорондоо ахан дүүгын ёһоор харилсаха ёһотой.
Хүнэй эрхын түгэмээл тунхаглалай» 1 дүгээр зүйл

Transliteration

Xün büri türexehöö erxe sülöötei, nere türe, erxynxee xubida adli tegşe baina. Tedende ojuun uxaan, ürelig sedjxel zajahan bolood öör xoorondoo axan düügyn johoor xarilsaxa johotoi.
Xünei erxyn tügemeel tunxaglalai” 1 dügeer züil

Sample text provided by Sammy Silvers

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Sample videos in Buryat

Information about Buryat | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about the Buryat language
http://www.peoples.org.ru/eng_burjat.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryat_language
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burjatische_Sprache
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouriate

Information about the Buryat Mongols
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryats/
http://burian.info/Buryat History.htm

Mongolic languages

Alasha, Barin, Buryat, Chakhar, Daur, Jarud, Kalmyk, Khamnigan Mongol, Khorchin, Mogholi, Mongolian, Monguor, Santa / Dongxiang

Languages written with the Mongolian alphabet

Alasha, Barin, Buryat, Chakhar, Evenki, Jarud, Khamnigan Mongol, Khorchin, Mongolian

Languages written with the Cyrillic alphabet

Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aghul, Akhvakh, Akkala Sámi, Aleut, Altay, Alyutor, Andi, Archi, Assyrian / Neo-Assyrian, Avar, Azeri, Bagvalal, Balkar, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bezhta, Bosnian, Botlikh, Budukh, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chamalal, Chechen, Chelkan, Chukchi, Chulym, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Dargwa, Daur, Dolgan, Dungan, Enets, Erzya, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Interslavic, Itelmen, Juhuri, Kabardian, Kaitag, Kalderash Romani, Kalmyk, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karata, Karelian, Kazakh, Ket, Khakas, Khanty, Khinalug, Khorasani Turkic, Khwarshi, Kildin Sámi, Kili, Komi, Koryak, Krymchak, Kryts, Kubachi, Kumandy, Kumyk, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgi, Lingua Franca Nova, Lithuanian, Ludic, Macedonian, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Moldovan, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Nanai, Negidal, Nenets, Nganasan, Nivkh, Nogai, Old Church Slavonic, Oroch, Orok, Ossetian, Pontic Greek, Romanian, Rushani, Russian, Rusyn, Rutul, Selkup, Serbian, Shor, Shughni, Siberian Tatar, Sirenik, Slovio, Soyot, Tabassaran, Tajik, Talysh, Tat, Tatar, Teleut, Ter Sámi, Tindi, Tofa, Tsakhur, Tsez, Turkmen, Tuvan, Ubykh, Udege, Udi, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Ulch, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Veps, Votic, Wakhi, West Polesian, Xibe, Yaghnobi, Yakut, Yazghulami, Yukaghir (Northern / Tundra), Yukaghir (Southern / Kolyma), Yupik (Central Siberian)

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 03.01.22

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