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
Recent Resources
A website compiled by a linguistic field methods class at U. Massachusetts Amherst.
100-word Swadesh list
2000, Elista, Republic of Kalmykia
Title: Our Relatives.
Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
323,857
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Elena Indjieva. 2009. Oirat Tones and Break Indices (O-ToBI) Intonational Structure of the Oirat Language. PhD dissertation. Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Bibliography of Locations:
Elena Indjieva. 2009. Oirat Tones and Break Indices (O-ToBI) Intonational Structure of the Oirat Language. PhD dissertation. Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Bibliography of Context:
Elena Indjieva. 2009. Oirat Tones and Break Indices (O-ToBI) Intonational Structure of the Oirat Language. PhD dissertation. Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.