What is Ruanruan language?
'''Ruanruan''' ({{Lang-zh|蠕蠕}}; also called '''Rouran''') is an [[extinct language]] of [[Mongolia]] and northern China. It was spoken in the Rouran Khaganate from the 4th to the 6th centuries CE. Most linguists argue it is likely a Mongolic or Turkic language but some say Ruanruan may be a Yeniseian language.<ref>Vajda, Edward J. (2013). Yeniseian Peoples and Languages: A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide. Oxford/New York: Routledge.</ref> In 2018, ''Brāhmī Bugut'' and ''Khüis Tolgoi'' inscriptions suggest that the Ruanruan language was a [[Mongolic languages|Mongolic language]], close to Middle Mongolian.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vovin|first=Alexander|title=A Sketch of the Earliest Mongolic Language: the Brāhmī Bugut and Khüis Tolgoi Inscriptions|url=https://www.academia.edu/39716045|journal=International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics|date=January 2019|language=en|volume=1|issue=1|pages=162–197|doi=10.1163/25898833-12340008|s2cid=198833565|issn=2589-8825}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Crossley |first1=Pamela Kyle |title=Hammer and Anvil: Nomad Rulers at the Forge of the Modern World |url=https://archive.org/details/hammeranvilnomad0000cros |date=2019 |page=[https://archive.org/details/hammeranvilnomad0000cros/page/49 49]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Languages of China]] [[Category:Extinct languages]] [[Category:Pages with unreviewed translations]]