Dagur language

Dagur
Daghur, Dahur, Daur
Даор Усуву

ᡩᠠᠣ‍ᠷ
ᡠᠰᡠᠸᡠ
Daor Usuwu (Hailar)
ᡩᠠᠸᡠᠷ
ᡴᡝᠯ

Dagur Kel (Qiqihar)
Pronunciation[daɔr usuɣu]
Native toChina, Mongolia, Russia
RegionChina: Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang Province, Xinjiang
EthnicityDaur
Native speakers
(China: 91,000 cited 1999)[1]
Latin script
Mongol script
Cyrillic script[2]
Manchu script (historically)
Language codes
ISO 639-3dta
Glottologdaur1238
ELPDagur
Dagur is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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The Dagur, Daghur, Dahur, or Daur language, is a Mongolic language, as well as a distinct branch of the Mongolic language family,[3] and is primarily spoken by members of the Daur ethnic group.

There is no written standard in use, although a Pinyin-based orthography has been devised; instead the Dagur make use of Mongolian or Chinese, as most speakers know these languages as well.[4] During the time of the Qing dynasty, Dagur was written with the Manchu alphabet.[5]

  1. ^ Dagur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    zby/ {{{ld4}}} at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Tsumagari 2003: 129
  3. ^ Janhunen, Juha A. (2012). Mongolian. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 978-90-272-3820-7.
  4. ^ Tsumagari 2003: 129
  5. ^ Engkebatu 2001