Darkhad language
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| Darkhad | ||
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| Spoken in: | Mongolia | |
| Region: | Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia | |
| Total speakers: | 20,350 | |
| Language family: | Altaic[1] Mongolic Eastern Oirat-Khalkha Oirat-Kalmyk-Darkhat Darkhad |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in: | Mongolia | |
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | drh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Darkhad (also known as Darkhat [ISO 639-3]) is a Mongolic language of Mongolia and the primary language of most of the residents west of Lake Khövsgöl.
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[edit] Classification
Darkhad is a Mongolic language. The Altaic theory proposes that the Mongolic family is a member of the larger Altaic family, which would also include the Turkic and Tungusic languages. Related languages also include Kalmyk spoken near the Caspian Sea and Buryat of East Siberia, as well as a number of minor languages in China and the Moghol language of Afghanistan.
[edit] Geographic distribution
Darkhad is spoken in the north-west of Khövsgöl Province of northern Mongolia. Speakers are fully bilingual with the official Khalkha dialect of Mongolian.
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