Monguor (Tu) language

E300215

The Monguor (Tu) language is a Mongolic language spoken primarily by the Tu ethnic group in northwestern China, notable for its contact-induced influences from Tibetan and Chinese.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monguor language 2
Monguor (Tu) language canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongolic language
endangered language
natural language
alternativeName Mangghuer
Mongor language
Mongour language
Monguor (Tu) language
surface form: Monguor language

Tu language
contactWithLanguage Chinese
Tibetan
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasDialect Minhe Monguor
surface form: Datong Monguor

Huzhu Monguor
Mangghuer dialect
Minhe Monguor
hasFeature SOV basic word order
Tibetan loanwords
agglutinative morphology
case-marking system
evidentiality distinctions (in some dialects)
extensive Chinese loanwords
postpositions
strong contact-induced change from Chinese and Tibetan
hasNotableResearcher Gerald Roche
Keith W. Slater
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters (non-standard use)
Latin script (romanization in linguistics)
influencedByLanguage Tibetan
surface form: Amdo Tibetan

Northwestern Mandarin
Standard Chinese
Tibetan language
languageCodeGlottolog mong1330
languageCodeISO639-3 mjg
languageFamily Mongolic languages
shiftTowardLanguage Mandarin Chinese
spokenByEthnicGroup Monguor people
Tu people
spokenInCountry China
spokenInCounty Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County
Huzhu Tu Autonomous County
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County
spokenInPrefecture Haidong
surface form: Haidong Prefecture
spokenInProvince Gansu Province
surface form: Gansu

Qinghai
spokenInRegion northwestern China
studiedByField Mongolic linguistics
contact linguistics
subfamily Mongolic languages
surface form: Southern Mongolic languages
usedAs home language in Tu communities

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mongolic languages hasPart Monguor (Tu) language
Shira Yugur language relatedTo Monguor (Tu) language
this entity surface form: Monguor language
Monguor (Tu) language alternativeName Monguor (Tu) language
this entity surface form: Monguor language