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Alasha ([ɑɮʃɑ], in some Mongolian varieties[ɑɮɑ̆ɡʃɑ];^[1]Mongolian script:ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ,Mongolian Cyrillic: АлшааAlaša,Chinese:阿拉善;pinyin:Ālāshàn), orAlaša-Eǰen-e, is aMongolic variety with features of bothOirat andMongolian^[2][3] that historically used to belong to Oirat but has come under the influence of Mongolian proper. It has more than 40,000 speakers inAlxa League,Inner Mongolia, China and consists of two sub-dialects,Alasha proper andEǰene.^[4]

Alasha was initially classified as an Oirat language, but has lost many of these features in a process known as de-Oiratization.^[5]

Alasha shows characteristic features of Oirat, such as preservation of /k/ in some contexts and imperative suffixes. However, it also has several features more typical of Khalkha or some Inner Mongolian dialects, such /j/ in place of Oirat /z/ and some forms of personal pronouns.^[3]

• Sečenbaγatur, Qasgerel, Tuyaγ-a, B. ǰirannige, U Ying ǰe (2005):Mongγul kelen-ü nutuγ-un ayalγun-u sinǰilel-ün uduridqal. Kökeqota: Öbür mongγul-un arad-un keblel-ün qoriy-a.
• Söngrüb (1988):Alaša aman ayalγun-u abiyalaburi bolun barimǰiy-a abiyal-un abiyalaburi-yin qaričaγulul. In:Erdem sinǰilegen-ü ögülel-ün teüberi 1. Beijing,ündüsüten-ü keblel-ün qoriy-a: 160-197.
• Svantesson, Jan-Olof, Anna Tsendina, Anastasia Karlsson, Vivan Franzén (2005):The Phonology of Mongolian. New York: Oxford University Press.

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