Phương ngữ Khalkha (tiếng Mông Cổ: Халх аялгуу / Halh ayalguu / ᠬᠠᠯᠬᠠᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠤ, [χaɬχ ajɮˈɢʊː]) là một phương ngữ Trung Mông Cổ được sử dụng rộng rãi ở Mông Cổ. Theo một số phân loại, phương ngữ này bao gồm các phương ngữ Nam Mông Cổ như Shiliin gol, Ulaanchab và Sönid.[2] Là cơ sở cho chữ viết Kirin của tiếng Mông Cổ,[3] trên thực tế Khalkha là ngôn ngữ quốc gia của Mông Cổ.[4] Tên gọi này liên quan đến người Mông Cổ Khalkha và sông Khalkha.
^Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin biên tập (2013). “Halh Mongolian”. Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
^Svantesson et al. 2005: 143. Janhunen 2003: 179-180 mentions that such an approach might be possible. Sečenbaγatur et al. 2005: 207 without further discussion include at least Shiliin gol and Ulaanchab into the Chakhar dialect.
^Sečenbaγatur et al. (2005): 372, also see Svantesson et al. (2005): 36
^Janhunen, Juha A. (2012). Mongolian (bằng tiếng Anh). John Benjamins Publishing. tr. On page 9, Juhanen writes: "In Outer Mongolia, the Khalkha group comprises, apart from Khalkha proper, the Khotgoit (Xotgaid) and Darkhat (Darxed) dialects in the north and the Dariganga (Darygengg) dialect in the southeast. This group also includes the Tsongol (Tzonggel) and Sartul (Sartool) dialects, officially classified as “Buryat”, on the Russian side. On the Inner Mongolian side, the Khalkha group comprises the so-called Ulan Tsab (Oulaan Tzab) dialects, including Chakhar (Tzaxer), Urat (Ourd), Darkhan (Darxen), Muumingan (Moo Minggen), Dörben Huuhet (Deurben Xuuxed) and Keshigten (Xeshegten), as well as the so-called Shilingol (Shiliin Gol) dialects, including Udzumuchin (Udzemcen), Khuuchit (Xooced), Abaga (Abegh), Abaganar (Abeghner) and Sunit (Seund). Most of the dialects genetically belonging to the Khalkha group but areally spoken on the Inner Mongolian side are in some ways transitional, in that they incorporate secondary influences from dialects of the Khorchin type. Khalkha proper itself is also dialectally diversified and comprises, among others, two major groups of subdialects known as Northern Khalkha and Southern Khalkha. The modern Ulan Bator dialect of Khalkha, which for political reasons has a prestige status in Mongolia, has also developed into a distinct form of speech.". ISBN978-90-272-3820-7.