The Mongolian language belongs to the Altaic language family, together with the Manchu and Tungus languages. There are today around seven thousand languages spoken on earth. They are divided into twenty-six language families. The Mongolian language has many dialects, including Mogol, Mongor, Dunsyan, Baoani, Shar Uigar, Daguur, Halimag, Ojrad, Buriad, Central Mongolian and Southern Mongolian. […]
Mongolian ger Mongolian ger originated and inherited from the ancient nomads,including Hünnü people. This is a portable structure that is easy to dismantle and erect and light to transport. There is good air-circulation and very good lighting by the sun. It is possible to get an orientation of a time according the increase or decrease of the sunlight […]
The Pendant of the Jade axe It was and is still a common tradition among Mongolians to embellish a baby’s rug, swaddling clothes and coats with various pendent which are deemed to be propitious for babies. These omens are precious stone, silver, copper-axe, bows and arrows, bells, models of felt-fox, shells, ankle-bones of stags, fangs […]
Mongolians pay attention to all measurements in detail. There is a saying that one must measure seven times but cut once. The measurement of time Mongolian terms Present name Number Jaran (60 cycle) Jil (twelve months, year) Uliral (seasen) Sar (month) Doloo khonog (week) Khonog (night) Tsag Möch Khuvi Amisgal Year month (days) month (days) […]
It is very interesting for the people who lead a sedentary life that Mongolians put horse pellets which are on a string of horse-tail hair and then hang this on the spoke of ger as a tool to predict the weather. Judging by its shrinkage and expansion we can say whether it will be rainy […]
Occurrence of the Stars The moon and planets move above almost every livestock cant matter to include on a calendar. This moment is underbreeder’s head. Each herder knows the motions of the stood as testing visibility. The visibility and movements of moon and the planets. Our ancestors used to prognosticate the moon and the Pleiades […]
Folk Arithmetic and Mathematic The number of skins Are the same as the sum of numbers multiplied; The number of skins Show the number of missed arrows. Resolve this problem: How many arrows have scored a hit? How many skins were hit? How many arrows missed their target? Who can tell it? If you […]
Traditional Folk Treatments for Animals One of the most important achievements of Mongolian culture is its traditional medical treatment of domestic animals. Mongolians engaged in animal farming for many centuries and accumulated a great deal of experience that it transmitted to younger generations orally. The oriental sutra “Nei-jin” says: ‘The northern country is cool and […]
Mongolian fairy tales are an important genre of the oral prose literature of the Mongolians. These tales typically begin with the phrase “Once upon a time, in such-and-such a place, in such-and-such a country”. Mongolian fairy tales are symbolic. This symbolism always becomes clear at the end of the tale. The most frequent ending is […]