Monguor language
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| Monguor moŋɡuer |
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| Spoken in: | China | |
| Region: | Qinghai, Gansu | |
| Total speakers: | 152,000 | |
| Language family: | Altaic[1] (controversial) Mongolic Eastern Monguor Monguor |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | tut | |
| ISO 639-3: | mjg | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Monguor language (simplified Chinese: 土族语; pinyin: Tǔzúyǔ; also written Mongour and Mongor) is closely related to Mongolian. There are at least 11 different dialects, mostly spoken by the Monguor; it is not a written language.
[edit] References
- Slater, Keith W.: A grammar of Mangghuer: A Mongolic language of China's Qinghai-Gansu sprachbund. (London / New York, RoutledgeCurzon 2003).
- Zhàonàsītú 照那斯图: Tǔzúyǔ jiǎnzhì 土族语简志 (Introduction to the Tu language; Běijīng 北京, Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族出版社 1981).
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