Khalka language
- noun
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lengua khalkha
- The Khalka language is the official language of Mongolia.
Examples
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The government uses the Khalka language as the medium of instruction in schools.
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Many people in Mongolia speak the Khalka language fluently.
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Scholars have published many works on the grammar of the Khalka language.
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She learned to speak the Khalka language after moving to Ulaanbaatar.
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The Khalka language is the official language of Mongolia, used in government and education.
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In her new job in Mongolia, she often communicates in the Khalka language.
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He took a class to improve his proficiency in the Khalka language.
Synonyms
The standard form of Mongolian spoken in Mongolia by the Khalkha people
A dialect of Mongolian used as Mongolia's official language
A Mongolian language spoken by most people in Mongolia
The standard and official Mongolian that most people in Mongolia speak
The language spoken in Mongolia and nearby regions
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun-noun composition where 'Khalka' names a people/dialect and 'language' denotes the speech system, so the meaning 'the language of the Khalka people' is directly derivable from the parts. This X + language pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard compositional semantics, making it immediately comprehensible to a learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Khalka language is named after the Khalkha people of Mongolia and simply means the language those people speak. So, the phrase refers to the main 'official' language used in Mongolia today.
