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Sketch grammar of the Karlong variety of Mongghul, and dialectal survey of Mongghul
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50000

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50000 speakers of Mongghul with 18000 speakers of the Karlong dialect.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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China

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Location description

Huzhu 互助 county, Ledu 樂都 county, Qinghai 青海 Province; Tianzhu 天祝 county, Gansu 甘肅 Province

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Script (Writing system)

Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese

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Huzhu 互助 county, Ledu 樂都 county, Qinghai 青海 Province; Tianzhu 天祝 county, Gansu 甘肅 Province

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Qinghaihua; Tibetan; Standard Mandarin

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Schooling is in Chinese; most bilingual in Chinese, and a few bilingual in Amdo Tibetan (older people)

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50000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

36.7608,102.4255;

Location description

Huzhu Tu Autonomous County 互助土族自治縣 and adjacent parts of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County 大通回族土族自治縣, Qinghai 青海, and adjacent parts of Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County 天祝藏族自治縣, Gansu 甘肅

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Huzhu Tu Autonomous County 互助土族自治縣 and adjacent parts of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County 大通回族土族自治縣, Qinghai 青海, and adjacent parts of Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County 天祝藏族自治縣, Gansu 甘肅

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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China

Coordinates

36.929264,101.924411

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

<50,000

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Ethnic Population

191624 (including Mongghul 互助土家, Mangghuer, Qinghai Bonan 青海保安 and Wutun 五屯)

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Year of info

2003

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China

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"Mongghul is mainly spoken in the Chinese province of Qinghai (until 1928 a part of Gansu), especially in Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, northeast of the provincial capital Xining. From here, the Mongghul population extends both westwards to Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, also in Qinghai, and eastwards to Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, in (present-day) Gansu." (p.286)

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"Mongghul is mainly spoken in the Chinese province of Qinghai (until 1928 a part of Gansu), especially in Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, northeast of the provincial capital Xining. From here, the Mongghul population extends both westwards to Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, also in Qinghai, and eastwards to Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, in (present-day) Gansu." (p.286)

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Qinghai Mandarin; Amdo Tibetan

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