Serbi–Mongolic 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.
Names Serbi (*serbi) is Shimunek's reconstruction for the historical ethnonym Xianbei (鮮卑).
In Glottolog 4.4, the languages are referred to as Mongolic–Khitan.Mongolic-Khitan. Glottolog 4.4. Accessed 2021-09-29.
Languages Below is a preliminary classification of the Serbi–Mongolic languages in Shimunek (2017:35):
Serbi–Mongolic Mongolic Central Mongolic Khalkha Mongolian Khorchin Mongolian Ordos Mongolian Oirat Buryat Khamnigan Mongol Southern Mongolic Shira Yugur Shirongolic Monguor Baoanic Bonan Kangjia Santa Moghol Dagur Serbi–Awar (= Juha Janhunen's "Para-Mongolic") 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')
Sound changes Phonological innovations from Common Serbi–Mongolic (i.e., Proto-Serbi–Mongolic) to Proto-Mongolic and Proto-Serbi are (Shimunek 2017:415):
Proto-Mongolic innovations Proto-Serbi innovations *p > *h *ɔ > *a / _C[dorsal] *#ñ > *#n *ze > *ži *Vñ# > *Vi# *se > *ši *z > *s *VbV > *Vw(V) *wə > *ə *wə > *ɔ
See also Xianbei
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