Khalkha may roughly be divided into Northern and Southern Khalkha, which would include Sönid etc. Both varieties share affricate depalatalization, namely,  >  and  >  except before *i, while Southern Khalkha patterns with Chakhar and Ordos Mongolian in that it exhibits a dissimilating deaspiration; e.g.
Khalkha can be roughly divided into Northern and Southern Khalkha, which might include Sönid. Both varieties show affricate depalatalization, specifically  >  and  > , except before *i; however, Southern Khalkha shares patterns with Chakhar and Ordos Mongolian in dissimilating deaspiration.