Monguor language

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Monguor moŋɡuer
Spoken in:	China
Region:	Qinghai, Gansu

Total speakers:	152,000
Language family:	Altaic^[1] (controversial) Mongolic Eastern Monguor Monguor
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`tut`
ISO 639-3:	`mjg`
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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. A division into two languages, namely Mongghul in Huzhu Tu Autonomous County and Mangghuer in Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, is considered necessary by some scientists.

References

^ Ethnologue

Georg, Stefan (2003): Mongghul. In: Janhunen, Juha (ed.) (2003): The Mongolic languages. London: Routledge: 286-306.
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).

External links

Tu (Ethnologue.org)
The Tu

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