Chinggeltei

Chinggeltei (; 12 June 1924 – 27 December 2013) was a professor of linguistics at the Inner Mongolia University in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, focusing on the Mongolic languages. He was one of the founders of the university, and served as its first vice-rector. He was also a former member of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress. In May 1947, half of the Autonomous Academy's teaching staff were transferred to Qiqihar to establish the Inner Mongolia Military Administration University ; Chinggeltei was responsible for setting up their Mongolian language and literature division. He was presented with a Festschrift by his fellow Mongolists in 1996 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his taking up teaching duties. In 2008, he received the first "Award for Outstanding Talent" from the Inner Mongolia Communist Party Standing Committee, including prize money of RMB200,000. He used the money to establish the Chinggeltei Mongolian Language Foundation, which provides scholarships to students receiving high scores in Mongolian language on the National Higher Education Entrance Examination.

Selected works . The first modern scientific grammar of the Mongolian language published in China