Talk:Khalkha

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This is just a stub.

True, but a lot of great articles started out this way. Improve it if you can, if not, move on. Thanks for your help. Best, [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 03:25, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I removed the following sentence:

The Khalkha are known chiefly for being the ethnicity from which Genghis Khan (Temujin) and his family originated.

This is wrong. There was no group known as the Khalkha during Chinggis's reign. --Nanshu 03:06, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of Name

The central highlands around and south of Ulaanbaatar (roughly the territory of the Töv, Överkhangay, and Dundgovi Aymags) are often called "middle Khalkha". On the other hand, there is the river "Khalkhyn Gol" in the far east, which Britannica 11th ed. considers the origin of the name. Is there another river of the same name in the center? --Latebird 10:22, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Found some info, also on the meaning of the word, and added the basic facts. I'm not going to decide whether the river resp. the region got their names before or after the people though, just stating that the names have the same root. The title Kalkas, previously presenting outadated Britannica information, is now a redirect here. --Latebird 12:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I dissolved the Origin section because it overlaps with the History section. Instead, we need some basic facts including their population, geographic distribution and notable characteristics.

As for the origin of the name, I wonder where Latebird got the info. The "shield" theory looks to me like a folk etymology. --Nanshu 01:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

"They preserved their independence until they had to seek help from the Kangxi Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty against the Dzungar leader Galdan in 1688." This sentence seems to perpetuate that if they were conquered by the Dzungar MONGOLS they would not be independent this is largely ignoring that the Khalkha became subjects of the Manchu. Dzuungar Oirats are MONGOLS, the war was a civil war by those wanting to remain under subjugation with little power (Khalkha Noyons/Nobles) and Dzungar who wanted an a total independent Mongol state for mongols. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.186.149.22 (talk) 00:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] National language?

If i understand this correctly, there is SOME difference between the language of the Khalkha and the official language of Mongolia. If so, was the official language of Mongolia created for communication between the different ethnic groups of Mongolia the way Bahasa Indonesia was created for commmunication between the different ethnic groups of Indonesia? Gringo300 07:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

No, there isn't. Besides, this article isn't about the language. --Latebird 08:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)