| Nikki added a comment. |
The aim here, as I understand it, is to distinguish the two scripts, particularly because of the extra display support Mongolian script needs, not to distinguish the khk variety associated with Mongolia from the mvf variety associated with China. If that is right, I think having "mn-mong" would be the only option that fully meets the original aim.
I don't know what the differences between khk and mvf are other than the preferred script, but I find it highly unlikely that separate codes would have been assigned if the only difference were the script. Mongolian script was previously used in Mongolia and it appears that there is also some modern usage of it (Mongolian bank notes and coins look to have Mongolian script on them). That implies that it would be wrong to assume all text using the Mongolian script is mvf which then implies that only having khk and mvf would be insufficient as a way to reliably distinguish scripts.
It also seems to be very uncommon to specify which variety of Mongolian is being talked about when providing names (etc) in Mongolian script, judging by Wikipedia articles I've looked at. If the source only says that the name (etc) that I'd like to add is Mongolian in Mongolian script, I have no idea how I would determine that it is definitely khk or mvf - I would just be guessing and I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one. Without "mn-mong" and without sources providing enough information to select something more specific, people are likely to continue selecting "mn" for both Cyrillic and Mongolian script.
Cc: Nikki, thiemowmde, Liuxinyu970226, Lydia_Pintscher, GerardM, Aklapper, Zppix, Popolon, D3r1ck01, Izno, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Mbch331
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