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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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What Mongolian is.
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.
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.
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.
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
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Southern Mongolian, Darkhad, Khalkha Mongolian, Ulanchab, Jo-Uda, Jostu, Jirim, Ejine, Shilingol, Ikh-Mingat, Dariganga, Khotogoit
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Mongolic core
- Two scripts
- Vowel harmony
- Cross-border dialects
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Take sides on language policy in Inner Mongolia as if settled fact.
- Render the traditional script incorrectly or as a decorative font.
- Present closely related Mongolic languages as dialects or the reverse without noting the debate.
- Produce official translations of legal or medical documents without human review.
Only with a human decision
- Certified translation for courts, immigration or healthcare.
May
- Translate, teach and describe Mongolian in both the Cyrillic and the traditional script.
- Explain the differences between Khalkha and the Inner Mongolian varieties.
Moral aspects Filled
- Language policy in Inner Mongolia affects children's education and identity.
- The traditional script is a cultural heritage at risk of misrepresentation.
Who is affected
- Mongolian speakers
- Mongols in China
- Learners
Owners Filled
Steward
The public: held in common by its speakers; state language bodies set the standards.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q33750 - registry parent class
related
- Mongolic - in registry terms
- Mongolia - and recognised in Inner Mongolia
- Mongolian script - and Cyrillic
- Buryat language - a related Mongolic language
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.mongolian
- Wikidata: Q9246 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9246)
- ISO 639-1: mn Mongolian
- ISO 639-3: mon Mongolian macrolanguage
- Glottolog: mong1331 Mongolian
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- 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
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Principal Mongolic language
- Khalkha, Southern Mongolian, Chakhar, Ulanchab, Jo-Uda, Jostu, Darkhad
- Buryat, Kalmyk and Oirat are separate Mongolic languages by most classifications
- Not a visible object; speech and text in Cyrillic or traditional vertical script.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain dialects and scripts
- relay grammar and history
- describe status and policy
- distinguish related languages
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Partisan framing of language policy in Inner Mongolia
- Confusing dialects and separate languages
- Script rendering issues
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Mongolian language law and plans to expand traditional script use
- Chinese minority language and education policies, contested
- ISO 639 codes
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a language.
- 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
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9246: Mongolian - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Mongolian language - general description of the item
Open questions
- 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?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9246/spec.json