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ISO 639-3 · xalxal
Mongolic family
Kalmyk
Хальмг келн
Kalmyk is a language of the Mongolic branch, spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts about 431,800 speakers (2021). Wikidata describes it as “register of the Oirat language, natively spoken by the Kalmyk people of Kalmykia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
xal- Glottocode
kalm1244- Family
- Mongolic
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 78 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kalmyk · Хальмг келн |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kalmuk, Kalmyk language, Western Mongolian, Kalmyk of the Volga, Modern Kalmyk |
| All speakers | 431,800 (2021) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Mongolic to Kalmyk
The branches above Kalmyk, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Russia
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalrusRussianIndo-European · 110 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalfasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · National