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Mongolian, Halh

A language of Mongolia

ISO 639-3: khk
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	2,330,000 in Mongolia (1995). 32,300 Dariganga. Population total all countries: 2,341,240.
Region	Former Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Russian Federation and Issyk-Kul Oblast of Kyrgyzstan. Also in Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (Asia), Taiwan, United States.
Alternate names	Central Mongolian, Halh, Khalkha Mongolian, Mongol
Dialects	Halh (Khalkha), Dariganga, Khotogoit, Sartul, Tsongol.
Classification	Altaic, Mongolic, Eastern, Oirat-Khalkha, Khalkha-Buriat, Mongolian Proper A member of macrolanguage Mongolian [mon] (Mongolia).
Language use	National language.
Language development	Ethnic Zahchin, Mingat, Bayad, Oold are literate in Halh. NT: 1990.
Writing system	Cyrillic script. Mongolian script, used prior to 1941 with a resurgence since the 1990s. Phags-pa script, no longer in use.
Comments	Traditionally pastoralists, now many industrialists.

Also spoken in:

Russian Federation (Asia)

Language name	Mongolian, Halh
Population	2,660 in Russian Federation. Ethnic population: 11,498.
Region	Buryat.
Language map	Western Asian Russia, reference number 12
Alternate names	Central Mongolian, Halh, Khalkha Mongolian, Mongol
Dialects	Khalkha (Halh), Dariganga, Urat, Ujumuchin.
Comments	Halh is basis for literary Mongolian. Buddhist.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HAGBERG, Lawrence R., author. 2006. An autosegmental theory of stress.