THIS DESCRIPTION OF DAGUR, A MONGOLIAN LANGUAGE, IS BASED ON THE DIALECT OF A SPEAKER BORN IN INNER MONGOLIA IN NORTHWEST MANCHURIA. SECTION I OF THIS MANUAL DESCRIBES OTHER WORKS PUBLISHED IN MONGOLIAN LINGUISTICS WHICH HAVE USED THE SAME INFORMANT, AND PRESENTS THE AUTHOR'S APPROACH, IN TERMS OF A PHRASE-STRUCTURE GRAMMAR. SECTION II PRESENTS DAGUR PHONOLOGY, EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY (NOUNS AND VERBS), AND INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY (DERIVATIONS). SECTION III COMPRISES FOUR TEXTS. EACH SENTENCE IS NUMBERED AND PRESENTED IN THREE FORMS--THE DAGUR SENTENCE (WITH JUNCTURE NOTED AND REGULARIZED PUNCTUATION), A WORD-FOR-WORD ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AND A FREE TRANSLATION. SECTION IV, LEXICON, CONTAINS DAGUR-ENGLISH AND ENGLISH-DAGUR GLOSSARIES. THIS IS AN INDIANA UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION, AND MAY BE ORDERED FROM THE EDITOR, URALIC AND ALTAIC SERIES. RAYL HOUSE, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 47401, FOR $5.00. (AMM)