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Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan (Mongolian: Юмжирийн Мөнх-Амгалан) (born 1956 in Bayanmönkh, Khentii) is a Professor of Linguistics at the National University of Mongolia. Mönkh-Amgalan earned his M.A. (1979), PhD (1993), and Doctor of Science (1997) in linguistics from the National University of Mongolia. His research focuses on modern Mongolian modality, pragmatics, semantics and syntax. He is most noted for his pioneering work on modern Mongolian modality as well as his work on comparative Mongolian dialectology.