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Thank you! And Happy New Year too! :D
They speak Mongolian :)

Only Mongolian? No Russian or English at all?

Most of the older Mongolians know some bit of Russian, but mostly just a few words, and of course, some people in Ulaanbaatar and some touristy areas know English, but generally, most people we ran into only knew Mongolian

That complicates things. Ah ah ah!!!