The Mongolians have their own spoken and written language. Jiangar, a masterpiece of Mongolian oral literature, gives an account of the hero Jiangar fighting bravely against his enemies. The epic reflects the history of Mongolian nationality and the social life of the Mongolian tribes prior to modern times. Mongolian Jiangar, Tibetan Gesar, and Kirghiz Manass are famed as the three greatest epics of China.