The Khalkha dialect (Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠯᠬ ᠠ ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠣ Qalq-a ayalγu, Mongolian Cyrillic: Халх аялгуу Khalkh ayalguu) is a dialect of Mongolian widely spoken in Mongolia and according to some classifications includes such South Mongolian varieties such as Shiliin gol, Ulaanchab and Sönid. Mongolian State (2003): cp. Are you an expert on Halh Mongolian? As it was the basis for the Cyrillic orthography of Mongolian, it is de facto the national language of Mongolia… Sečenbaγatur et al. In Mongolia, the Khalkha dialect, currently written in both Cyrillic and traditional Mongolian script(an… It is understood by 90 percent of the country’s population as well as by many Mongols elsewhere. [3] The name of the dialect is related to the name of the Khalkha tribe and the Khalkha river. You’ll receive credits toward complimentary access to Ethnologue for every contribution that is vetted and accepted by our editors. Sünid aman ayalγun-u geyigülügči abiyalaburi-yin sistem. The initial letter х is pronounced in masculine words in Western Khalkha dialect as h (almost not heard) if the second consonant is voiceless, and is pronounced as gh in Eastern Khalkha. If so, we invite you to join our Contributor Program. Language Resources OLAC resources in and about Mongolian, Halh Alternate Names Central Mongolian, Halh, Halha, Kalkh, Khalkha, Khalkha Mongolian, Mongol, Mongolian In: Janhunen (ed.) It is understood by 90 percent of the country’s population as well as by many Mongols elsewhere. Sečenbaγatur, Qasgerel, Tuyaγ-a, B. ǰirannige, U Ying ǰe, Mongγul kelen-ü nutuγ-un ayalγun-u sinǰilel-ün uduridqal. Birtalan, Ágnes (2003): Oirat. From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. While this reference is a bit fuzzy as it includes parts of Southern Khalkh into Chakhar, it does not mention stems like, e.g. Twenty-third edition.

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The Khalkha dialect constitutes the basis for the official language of Mongolia. 2005: 207, 372-373, probably also Amaržargal 1988: 22-25. …and differences in vocabulary, written Khalkha and Buryat differ from one another much more than do the closely related spoken dialects on which they are based. One of the classifications of Khalkha dialect in Mongolia divides it into 3 subdialects: Central, Western and Eastern. 2005: 237. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Khalkha-language, Altaic languages: The Mongolian languages. 2005: 2,6-7, 91, but it follows, see Sečenbaγatur et al. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia and both the most widely spoken and best-known member of the Mongolic language family. That condition also obtains for other Mongolian languages. Spoken Oirat is similar to spoken Kalmyk, though written Oirat utilizes a variant of the old…. [7] The same holds for the distal demonstrative /tir/. Mongolian languages, one of three families within the Altaic language group, spoken in Mongolia and adjacent parts of east-central Asia. This web edition of the Ethnologue may be cited as:  Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). The Khalkha dialect (Mongolian script: Qalq-a ayalγu, Mongolian Cyrillic: Халх аялгуу Khalkh ayalguu) is a dialect of Mongolian widely spoken in Mongolia and according to some classifications includes such South Mongolian varieties such as Shiliin gol, Ulaanchab and Sönid. With the closely related Buryat language, Mongol forms the eastern group of Mongolian languages. [6] This seems to agree with the use in Chakhar Mongolian. [9] However, Mongolian scholars more often hold that the border between Khalkha and Chakhar is the border between the Mongolian state and the Chakhar area of South Mongolia. The orthography of the Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet is essentially based on the Central Khalkha dialect. There are certain differences between normative and spoken Khalkha. Example: хутга (Central Khalkha),) hутага (Western Khalkha), гутага (Eastern Khalkha). By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.