Daur

Definitely distinct from other Mongolian languages (Voegelin and Voegelin). Some sources list Tacheng (spoken in Xinjiang) as a dialect. Some list Haila'er as a dialect of Evenki. Speakers are reported to have high and widespread levels of bilingualism in Chinese. An official nationality. Dictionary. Grammar. SOV; grammatical function marked mainly by suffixes; vowel harmony but not very strict; many consonant clusters, palatalized and labialized consonants; rich vocabulary related to hunting, fishing, animal husbandry; loans from Chinese, Manchu, Evenki. Literacy rate in second language: 81%. Some literacy in Mongolian among those 30 to 50 years old in Hala'er. A Daur script was used during the Qing dynasty, then experimental Cyrillic script in 1957, then Latin based on Chinese orthography, but scholars are experimenting with a Latin orthography based on Pinyin. Written Manchu once used, now written Chinese used. Agriculturalists, pastoralists, hunters. Shamanism, Lamaist, Christian.

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