Nikudari is an archaic form of the Mongolian language which does not exist in Mongolia today. The word Nikudari comes from the name of the famous Golden Horde general, Negudar. The language is preserved in western portions of Afghanistan by a few hundred speakers. In his book "The Mongols," David Morgan stated: The four successor Khanates of the Mongol Empire: Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde, Il-Khanate and Chagatai Khanate The Golden Horde (Mongolian: Altan Ordyn Uls; Turkish: ; Tatar: ; Russian: ) was a Mongol[1][2][3][4] — later Turkicized[3] — khanate established in parts of present-day Russia...
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It is intriguing to note that in parts of Afghanistan today...there still exist groups of Mongolian speakers...they have retained the Mongolian language in an archaic form that has been lost in Mongolia itself...[1]
This article is about the Aimaq people. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Although people have inhabited Mongolia since the Stone Age, Mongolia only became politically important after iron weapons entered the area in the 3rd century B.C. In general, Mongolia at this point had a similar history to the rest of the nomadic steppe that lies between Siberia Northern Russia to... Excavation of prehistoric sites by Louis Dupree, the University of Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institute and others suggests that early humans were living in what is now Afghanistan at least 50,000 years ago, and that farming communities in Afghanistan were among the earliest in the world. ...
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