Mongolian
Let an agent explain the Mongolian language and its dialects, relay grammar, scripts and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe language policy debates in Mongolia and China neutrally, and distinguish Mongolian from other Mongolic languages and from the ethnonym.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Mongolian language and its dialects, relay grammar, scripts and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe language policy debates in Mongolia and China neutrally, and distinguish Mongolian from other Mongolic languages and from the ethnonym.
The principal member of the Mongolic language family, spoken by about 5 to 6 million people in Mongolia, where the Khalkha dialect is the basis of the standard written in Cyrillic, and in Inner Mongolia in China, where Southern Mongolian dialects such as Chakhar, Ulanchab, Jo-Uda and Jostu are written in the traditional Mongolian script, with other dialects such as Darkhad in the north; Mongolian has vowel harmony, agglutinative morphology and a rich literary tradition since the 13th century.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language.
It can be explain dialects and scripts; relay grammar and history; describe status and policy; distinguish related languages.
Distinguishing features
Mongolic core
Two scripts
Vowel harmony
Cross-border dialects
What it looks like
Not a visible object; speech and text in Cyrillic or traditional vertical script.
Physical character
speakers: about 5-6 million
scripts: Cyrillic in Mongolia, traditional script in Inner Mongolia note
traditional script adopted: 13th century period - from Uyghur
Cyrillic adopted: 1941-1946 period - Mongolia
How it is recognised
Principal Mongolic language
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian, Chakhar, Ulanchab, Jo-Uda, Jostu, Darkhad
Buryat, Kalmyk and Oirat are separate Mongolic languages by most classifications
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is the official language of - and recognised in Inner Mongolia
is written in - and Cyrillic
is contrasted with - a related Mongolic language
In practice
Families and kinds
Khalkha and the Mongolian standard
Southern Mongolian dialects such as Chakhar, Ulanchab, Jo-Uda and Jostu
northern dialects such as Darkhad
Classical and Middle Mongolian stages
Mongolian in traditional and Cyrillic scripts
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 mn Mongolian
ISO 639-3 mon Mongolian macrolanguage
Glottolog mong1331 Mongolian
Standards and regulation
Mongolian language law and plans to expand traditional script use
Chinese minority language and education policies, contested
ISO 639 codes
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing of language policy in Inner Mongolia
Confusing dialects and separate languages
Script rendering issues
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Mongolian is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Mongolian, how is it classified within Mongolic, and how does it relate to Buryat, Kalmyk and Oirat, as linguists describe? definition
- Is the question about the language, a dialect, a script or policy? boundary
Dialects
Dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are Khalkha, Chakhar, Ulanchab, Jo-Uda, Jostu, Darkhad and other dialects? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Learn Grammar and scripts.
Practice.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Mongolian vowel harmony, cases and verb forms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Scripts
Scripts.
Scripts
Scripts.
- How do the traditional Mongolian script and Cyrillic work, and how are they used today? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.
Attribution.
Stages
Historical stages.
Stages
Stages.
- How did Mongolian develop from Middle Mongolian and the Secret History to the modern language? provenance
- Which entry fits the Secret History of the Mongols? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works of Mongolian literature? provenance
- Which entry fits Mongolian literature? action
Context Status and policy.
Context.
Policy
Language policy.
Policy
Policy.
- What is the status of Mongolian in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, and what debates exist about education policy and script, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Resources
Resources.
Resources
Resources.
- What dictionaries, courses and corpora exist for Mongolian? provenance
- Which entry fits Mongolian studies? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Khalkha, Southern Mongolian and the scripts be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects; should they be split off?