Also Known As:
Kalmyk, West Mongolian, Xal‘mg keln, Kalmuk, Kalmuck, Kalmack, Qalmaq, kalmytskii jazyk, Khal:mag, Oirat, Volga Oirat, European Oirat, Western Mongolian, Weilate, Xinjiang Mongolian, Western Mongol, Oiratisch, Kalmückisch, Western Mongul, Xal'maq, Calmucki, Хальмг келн, калмыцкий язык
Dialects & Varieties
- Sart Qalmaq
- Buzawa
- Oirat
- Torgut
- Dörböt
Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
At risk
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
433,602
Native Speakers Worldwide
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Recent Resources
100-word Swadesh list
2000, Elista, Republic of Kalmykia
A website compiled by a linguistic field methods class at U. Massachusetts Amherst.
Title: Our Relatives.