Alasha dialect

Alasha
Pronunciation[ɑɮʃɑ]
Native toChina
RegionAlxa League, Inner Mongolia
Native speakers
>40,000 (2005)
Mongolic
Dialects
  • Alasha
  • Eǰene
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologalas1256  Alasha Oirad
IETFxal-u-sd-cnnm29

Alasha ([ɑɮʃɑ], in some Mongolian varieties [ɑɮɑ̆ɡʃɑ]; Mongolian script: ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ, Mongolian Cyrillic: Алшаа Alaša, Chinese: 阿拉善; pinyin: Ālāshàn), or Alaša-Eǰen-e, is a Mongolic variety with features of both Oirat and Mongolian that historically used to belong to Oirat but has come under the influence of Mongolian proper. It has more than 40,000 speakers in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, China and consists of two sub-dialects, Alasha proper and Eǰene.