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Consonants in words containing back vowels that were followed by *i in Proto-Mongolian became palatalized in Modern Mongolian. In some words, word-final *n was dropped with most case forms, but still appears with the ablative, dative and genitive. [15] Only foreign origin words start with the letter L and none start with the letter R. [16]
Mongolian is the official national language of Mongolia, where it is spoken (but not always written) by nearly 3.6 million people (2014 estimate), [16] and the official provincial language (both spoken and written forms) of Inner Mongolia, where there are at least 4.1 million ethnic Mongols. [17]
The Mongolic language family has about 6 million speakers. The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian, is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia and the Mongolian residents of Inner Mongolia, with an estimated 5.2 million speakers. [5] Geographic distribution of Mongolic languages
One of the most distinctive aspects of Mongolian culture is its nomadic pastoral economy, which has shaped the traditional way of life for the Mongols for centuries. The nomadic lifestyle is centered around the family and the community, and involves the herding of 5 main animals including sheep, goat, horse, cow, camel and some yaks. This way ...
While there are different dialects of the Mongolian language as spoken by different subgroups of the Mongols (such as Chahars, Khorchin, and Kharchin) in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, there is a standardized Mongolian dialect in the region, including a standard written language and standard pronunciation, as opposed to the standard language of the state of Mongolia.
A bilingual (Russian and Kalmyk) sign with the text "Clean zone!"(Russian) and "Overseen zone!" (Kalmyk) at the Elista bus station. Kalmyk Oirat (Kalmyk: Хальмг Өөрдин келн, Haľmg Öördin keln, [xalʲˈmək øːrˈdin keˈlən]), [3] commonly known as the Kalmyk language (Kalmyk: Хальмг келн, Haľmg keln, [xalʲˈmək keˈlən]), is a variety of the Mongolian ...
There are three different definitions of the word Chakhar.First, there is Chakhar proper, spoken in Xilingol League in the Plain Blue Banner, Plain and Bordered White Banner, Bordered Yellow Banner, Taibus Banner in Dolonnuur, and in Ulanqab in Chakhar Right Rear Banner, Chakhar Right Middle Banner, Chakhar Right Front Banner, Shangdu and Huade, with a number of approximately 100,000 speakers.
According to some classifications, the Khalkha dialect includes Inner Mongolian varieties such as Shiliin gol, Ulaanchab and Sönid. [2] As it was the basis for the Cyrillic orthography of Mongolian, [3] it is de facto the national language of Mongolia. [4] The name of the dialect is related to the name of the Khalkha Mongols and the Khalkha river.