ISO 639-3 · xalxal
Mongolic family
Oirat
хальмг
Oirat is a language of the Mongolic branch, spoken in Mongolia, China and Russia. Wikidata counts about 780,000 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Mongolic language spoken in Russia, China and Mongolia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
xal- Glottocode
kalm1243- Family
- Mongolic
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 46.57, 45.32
- Wikipedia
- 32 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
1levels in the tree
Definitely endangeredUNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Oirat · хальмг |
|---|---|
| Also called | Oyrat, Oirat language, Eleuth, Elut, xal |
| All speakers | 780,000 (2010) |
| Written in | Clear Script, Cyrillic |
Vitality
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Mongolic to Oirat
The branches above Oirat, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
19MongolicfamilyxalOiratlanguage
where it is spoken