| Khorchin | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia |
| Ethnicity | 2.08 million Khorchin Mongols (2000) |
Native speakers | (undated figure of >1 million) |
Mongolic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
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.[1] There were 2.08 million Khorchin Mongols in China in 2000,[2] so the Khorchin dialect may well have more than one million speakers, making it the largest dialect of Inner Mongolia.