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
Europe and North Asia
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~150,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
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Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Eastern Europe
Location Description
Southeastern Russia
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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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.