Moghol language
Encyclopedia
Moghol is a Mongolic language
spoken in the region of Herat
, Afghanistan
, by a few members of the Hazara community. In the 1970s, when the German scholar Michael Weiers did fieldwork on the language, few people spoke the language, most knew it passively and most were older than 40 years.
Mongolic languages
The Mongolic languages are a group of languages spoken in East-Central Asia, mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas plus in Kalmykia. The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian, is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia and the Mongolian residents of Inner...
spoken in the region of Herat
Herat
Herāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, by a few members of the Hazara community. In the 1970s, when the German scholar Michael Weiers did fieldwork on the language, few people spoke the language, most knew it passively and most were older than 40 years.
Numerals
| English | Classical Mongolian | Moghol | |
| 1 | "One" | "Nigen" | "Nika" |
| 2 | "Two" | "Qoyar" | "Qyor" |
| 3 | "Three" | "Ghurban" | "Qurbun" |
| 4 | "Four" | "Dorben" | "Durbon" |
| 5 | "Five" | "Tabun" | "Tuwan" |
| 6 | "Six" | "Jirghughan" | "Jurghan", "Shish" |
| 7 | "Seven" | "Dologhan" | "Jolan", "Huft" |
| 8 | "Eight" | "Naiman" | "Hushtu" |
| 9 | "Nine" | "Yisun" | "No" |
| 10 | "Ten" | "Arban" | "Arbon", "Da" |
Further reading
- Michael Weiers. 1972. Die Sprache der Moghol der Provinz Herat in Afghanistan (Sprachmaterial, Grammatik, Wortliste). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.
- Michael Weiers. 2003. "Moghol," The Mongolic Languages. Ed. Juha Janhunen. Routledge Language Family Series 5. London: Routledge. Pages 248-264.