Serbi–Mongolic languages

Serbi–Mongolic^{[note 1]} is a group of languages that includes the Mongolic languages as well as the Para-Mongolic languages, a group including extinct sister languages to the Mongolic language family, notably the Khitan language.^[1]

Geographic
distributionMongolia, Northern China, Lake Baikal region

Subdivisions

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Serbi–Mongolic
Mongolic–Khitan Macro-Mongolic
Geographic distribution	Mongolia, Northern China, Lake Baikal region
Ethnicity	Mongolic peoples
Linguistic classification	One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions	Mongolic Para-Mongolic †
Language codes
Glottolog	`mong1349`
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Names

Serbi (*serbi) is Shimunek's reconstruction for the historical ethnonym Xianbei (鮮卑).^[1]

In Glottolog 4.4, the languages are referred to as Mongolic–Khitan.^[2]

Below is a preliminary classification of the Serbi–Mongolic languages in Shimunek (2017:35):^[1]

Serbi–Mongolic
- Mongolic^[3]^[4]
  - Central Mongolic
  - Southern Mongolic
    - Shira Yugur
    - Shirongolic
      - Monguor
      - Baoanic
        Bonan
        
        Kangjia
        
        Santa
  - Moghol
  - Dagur
- Serbi–Awar (= Juha Janhunen's "Para-Mongolic"^[5])
  - Awar (Avar) (Wuhuan 烏桓 or Wuwan 烏丸)
  - Old Serbi (Common Serbi)
    - Ch’i-fu/Qifu 乞伏 (northern Early Middle Chinese/NEMC *kʰɨrbuwk)
    - Tuan/Duan 段 (NEMC *dɔr̃)
    - Tabghach
    - Tuyuhun/T’u-yü-hun (Mu-jung/Murong 慕容)
    - Kitanic (Yü-wen/Yuwen 宇文)
      - Old Kitan
      - Qay 奚 (NEMC *ɣay)
      - Shirwi proper 室韋 (*širwi/*širβi < *serbi 鮮卑 'Xianbei')

Phonological innovations from Common Serbi–Mongolic (i.e., Proto-Serbi–Mongolic) to Proto-Mongolic and Proto-Serbi are (Shimunek 2017:415):^[1]

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[1]
also known as Mongolic–Khitan, Mongolo-Khitanic, Khitano-Mongolic and Macro-Mongolic