Chakhar Mongolian

Chakhar
Chahar
ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ
Pronunciation	[ˈt͡ɕʰɑχə̆r]
Native to	Inner Mongolia
Ethnicity	Chahars
Native speakers	100 000 (2003, Chakhar proper)
Language family	Mongolic Central Mongolic Buryat–Mongolian Mongolian Peripheral Mongolian Chakhar
Writing system	Traditional Mongolian
Official status
Official language in	China Inner Mongolia
Regulated by	Council for Language and Literature Work[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	chah1241
IETF	mn-u-sd-cnnm
Subdivisions of Xilingol (orange) and Ulanqab (green) in which Chakhar is spoken (lighter shade).

Chakhar^[a] is a variety of Mongolian spoken in the central region of Inner Mongolia. It is phonologically close to Khalkha and is the basis for the standard pronunciation of Mongolian in Inner Mongolia.

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