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Buryat (or Buriat) is a Mongolic
Mongolic languages

The Mongolic languages are a group of languages spoken in Central Asia. Some linguists propose the grouping of Mongolic with Turkic languages and Tungusic languages as Altaic languages, but this hypothesis is not universally agreed upon....
 variety spoken by the Buryats
Buryats

The Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryatia, a Federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
 that is usually classified as a language
Dialect

A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class....
. The majority of Buryat speakers live in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 along the northern border of Mongolia
Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
 and speak Russia Buriat
Russia Buriat language

Russia Buriat is a Mongolic languages language spoken in Russia along the northern border of Mongolia. Dialects include Ekhirit, Unga, Ninzne-Udinsk, Barguzin, Tunka, Oka, Alar, Bohaan, Bulagat....
. There are also smaller, more distinct, communities in both Mongolia
Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
 and the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
 that speak Mongolia Buriat
Mongolia Buriat language

Mongolia Buriat is a Mongolic languages language spoken in northeast Mongolia. Mongolia Buriat differs considerably from Russia Buriat language and China Buriat language....
 and China Buriat
China Buriat language

China Buriat is a Mongolic languages language spoken in the People's Republic of China in the Hulun-Buyr District of Inner Mongolia. The speakers are officially included under the Mongolian nationality....
, respectively. Russia Buriat, or Buryat kheleng, is an official language in the Buryat Republic of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. Of the three, only Russia Buriat has a written literature, written in a Cyrillic orthography.






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Buryat (or Buriat) is a Mongolic
Mongolic languages

The Mongolic languages are a group of languages spoken in Central Asia. Some linguists propose the grouping of Mongolic with Turkic languages and Tungusic languages as Altaic languages, but this hypothesis is not universally agreed upon....
 variety spoken by the Buryats
Buryats

The Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryatia, a Federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
 that is usually classified as a language
Dialect

A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class....
. The majority of Buryat speakers live in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 along the northern border of Mongolia
Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
 and speak Russia Buriat
Russia Buriat language

Russia Buriat is a Mongolic languages language spoken in Russia along the northern border of Mongolia. Dialects include Ekhirit, Unga, Ninzne-Udinsk, Barguzin, Tunka, Oka, Alar, Bohaan, Bulagat....
. There are also smaller, more distinct, communities in both Mongolia
Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
 and the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
 that speak Mongolia Buriat
Mongolia Buriat language

Mongolia Buriat is a Mongolic languages language spoken in northeast Mongolia. Mongolia Buriat differs considerably from Russia Buriat language and China Buriat language....
 and China Buriat
China Buriat language

China Buriat is a Mongolic languages language spoken in the People's Republic of China in the Hulun-Buyr District of Inner Mongolia. The speakers are officially included under the Mongolian nationality....
, respectively. Russia Buriat, or Buryat kheleng, is an official language in the Buryat Republic of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. Of the three, only Russia Buriat has a written literature, written in a Cyrillic orthography. The most obvious differences between the three varieties are the donor languages of their borrowed vocabulary and the sociolinguistic contexts in which they are used.

Sounds


Stress


Lexical stress
Stress (linguistics)

In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables....
 (word accent) falls on the rightmost heavy
Syllable weight

In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segment s in the syllable rime....
 nonfinal syllable
Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of Speech communication sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter....
. Otherwise, it falls on the word-final heavy syllable. If there are no heavy syllables, then the leftmost syllable is stressed. Heavy syllables without primary stress receive secondary stress
Secondary stress

Secondary stress is the weaker of two degrees of Stress in the pronunciation of a word; the stronger degree of stress is called 'primary'. The help:IPA symbol for secondary stress is a short vertical line preceding and at the foot of the stressed syllable: ....
 (Walker 1997):

?H'HL "to act encouragingly"
L?H'HL "to cause to be covered with leaves"
?HL?H'HL "steamed dumplings (accusative)"
?H'HLLL "to be adapted to"
'H?H "bet"
L'H?H "by sea"
L'HL?H "to the husband's parents"
L?H'H?H "by one's own sea"
?HL'H?H "by one's own girl"
L'H "through the mountain"
'LL "mountain"


Secondary stress may also occur on word-initial light
Syllable weight

In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segment s in the syllable rime....
 syllables without primary stress, but further research is required.

Buryat
Buryat

Buryat or Buriat may refer to:*Buryats , a Mongolic people.*Buryat language , a Mongolic language.*Buryatia, also known as the "Buryat Republic" , Federal subjects of Russia....
 has the same stress pattern as Khalkha Mongolian.

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