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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/gal

Proto-Mongolic

Reconstruction

Palatalization in Dagur is unexpected, which also occurs in *gar, *ger and *seül.

Noun

*gal

fire

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- Arabic: [script needed] (ɣal) (Muqaddimat), [script needed] (qaːl) (Leiden Vocabulary) (Istanbul Vocabulary)
- Chinese: [Term?] (“qal”) (Secret History) (Yue-Yi Yiyu)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠭ᠋ᠠᠯ (ɣal)
- Khalkha Mongolian: гал (gal)
Buryat: гал (gal)
Khamnigan Mongol: gal
Kalmyk: һал (ğal)
Daur: galʲ
East Yugur: ɣal
Monguor:
- Mangghuer: ɣal
- Mongghul: ɣal
Kangjia: χar
Dongxiang: khan
Mogholi: ɣoːl, ğɔl

Further reading

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 337
Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 279

References

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