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Language name and locationː Khamnigan Mongol, Mongolia [Not in Ethnologue ]
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1. nɤɣɤ/n |
21. qɔrin nɤɣɤ/n |
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2. qɔjir |
22. qɔrin qɔjir |
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3. ɢʊrba/n |
23. qɔrin ɢʊrba/n |
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4. durbə/n |
24. qɔrin durbə/n |
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5. taβʊ/n |
25. qɔrin taβʊ/n |
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6. dzʊrʁaa/n ~ dzʊrʊʁaa/n |
26. qɔrin dzʊrʁaa/n |
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7. dɔlɔɔn/n |
27. qɔrin dɔlɔɔn/n |
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8. naima/n |
28. qɔrin naima/n |
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9. jusu/n |
29. qɔrin jusu/n |
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10. arba/n |
30. Gʊtʃi/n |
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11. arban nɤɣɤ/n |
40. dutʃi/n |
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12. arban qɔjir |
50. taβi/n |
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13. arban ɢʊrba/n |
60. dʒira/n |
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14. arban durbə/n |
70. dala/n |
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15. arban taβʊ/n |
80. naja/n |
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16. arban dzʊrʁaa/n |
90. jirə/n |
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17. arban dɔlɔɔn/n |
100. dzʊʊ/n |
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18. arban naima/n |
200. qɔjir dzʊʊ/n |
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19. arban jusu/n |
1000. miŋɢa/n |
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20. qori/n |
2000. qɔjir miŋɢa/n |
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Linguist
providing data and dateː
Dr. Andrew Shimunek,
Indiana
University, Bloomington, USA,
February |
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Other comments: Khamnigan Mongol is a Mongolian language spoken by the Khaminigan, an ethnic group scattered across the border zone of China, Russia and Mongolia by about 2,000 speakers. This language is not reported in 22nd Ethnologue. Reported in Wikipedia: The Khamnigan people, called the Horse Tungus or Steppe Tungus, are natively bilingual, speaking both a Mongolic and a Tungusic language, which are inherited from their mixed ancestry. This bilingualism appears to be several centuries old. Their Tungusic language is Evenki (Khamnigan is the Mongol name for the Evenki), while Khamnigan Mongol is a distinct Mongolic language, not a dialect of Mongol or Buryat as traditionally classified in Mongolia or Russia. Mongol is the dominant language; the two dialects of Evenki are only used by part of the population, and then at home. The language has declined in Russia, with few speakers left, but both Khamnigan Mongol and Evenki bilingualism remain vigorous in China. Khamnigan Evenki, though not a distinct language from other Evenki, is heavily influenced by Mongol, especially in vocabulary. Khamnigan Mongol, on the other hand, is the most conservative Mongolic language, little different from Middle Mongolian, though the system of vowel harmony has been disrupted. There is little influence from Evenki: although Khamnigan Evenki has a grammatical plural, for example, Khamnigan Mongol does not. Khamnigan in Mongolia has strongly assimilated to Khalkha Mongolian, and even though some Buryat-like and idiosyncratic features are to be found (e.g. the very particular mood system lacking in Khamnigan in China), it overall resembles a dialect of Khalkha, and it has lost its particular Tungusic lexicon. |
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