https://journal.num.edu.mn/asianstudies <p style="text-align: justify;">Asian Studies in Mongolia is a peer-reviewed open access journal, which publishes original research articles mainly focusing on Asian Studies such as Sinology, Japanese, Korean and Turkish Studies.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The journal is published by Department of Asian Studies, National University of Mongolia (since 2021.09.01). There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal and the articles are published in English. ISSN is 2957-5281.</p> en-US tsul_onon@num.edu.mn (Onon Tsulbaatar) tergell1030@gmail.com (Tergel.E) Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0800 OJS 3.3.0.13 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://journal.num.edu.mn/asianstudies/article/view/10736 <p>This study investigates the transcription of Chinese provincial and major city names into Mongolian, focusing on inconsistencies in current usage despite the existence of an official transcription guideline issued in 2016. The research ex-amines two primary data sources: (1) commonly used Mongolian news websites and (2) written responses from Mongolian learners of Chinese with at least two years of study experience. Although the official guideline is based on adapting Pinyin into Mongolian phonological and orthographic systems, findings reveal substantial and systematic variation in transcription practices across both media and individual users.<br>While a limited number of place names show signs of stabilization, most continue to appear in multiple orthographic variants. Notably, all participants re-ported being aware of the official transcription guidelines; however, this aware-ness does not correspond to consistent application in practice.<br>The analysis identifies recurring patterns of phonological confusion, includ-ing the misrepresentation of nasal distinctions, affricates, and vowel correspond-ences. These issues do not stem from the absence of such categories in Mon-golian, but rather from differences in their phonetic realization and distribution across the two languages. In particular, the frequent confusion between the al-veolar nasal /n/ and the velar nasal /ŋ/ suggests limited phonetic awareness among users, especially in distinguishing place of articulation in transcription.<br>Despite the guideline being introduced a decade ago, the expected stand-ardization has not been achieved. The study argues that effective standardiza-tion requires not only formal guidelines but also systematic integration into lan-guage education and increased attention to phonological adaptation.</p> Soyol Lundegjantsan, Nyamjav Banzragch Copyright (c) 2026 https://journal.num.edu.mn/asianstudies/article/view/10736 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0800