Kalmyk
register of the Oirat language, natively spoken by the Kalmyk people of Kalmykia
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Summary
Kalmyk is a language[1]. Kalmyk ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,641 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3]
- Subclass of: Oirat[4]
- Writing system: Cyrillic script[5], Latin script[6], Clear Script[7]
- Commons category: Kalmyk Oirat language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: xal[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kalmyk language[10]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 360,800[11], 431,800[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[16]
- Native label: Хальмг келн[17], ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ[18], хальмг[19], хальмг келн[20]
- Different from: Oirat[21], Written Oirat[22]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[23]
- Indigenous to: Astrakhan Oblast[24], Kalmykia[25], Stavropol Krai[26]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[27]
- Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[28], agglutinative language[29]
Why It Matters
Kalmyk has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Kalmyk is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]