Khorchin Mongolian
| Khorchin | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia |
| Ethnicity | 2.08 million Khorchin Mongols (2000) |
Native speakers | (undated figure of >1 million) |
Mongolic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | mvf-u-sd-cnnm22 |
The Khorchin dialect (Mongolian ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ Qorčin, Chinese 科尔沁 Kē'ěrqìn) is a variety of Mongolian spoken in the east of Inner Mongolia, namely in Hinggan League, in the north, north-east and east of Hinggan and in all but the south of the Tongliao region. There were 2.08 million Khorchin Mongols in China in 2000, so the Khorchin dialect may well have more than one million speakers, making it the largest dialect of Inner Mongolia.