Kalmyk

register of the Oirat language, natively spoken by the Kalmyk people of Kalmykia
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Kalmyk

Summary

Kalmyk is a language[1]. Kalmyk ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kalmyk is in the country of Russia[3].
  • Kalmyk's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Kalmyk is a type of Oirat[5].
  • Kalmyk's writing system is recorded as Cyrillic script[6].
  • Kalmyk's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Kalmyk's writing system is recorded as Clear Script[8].
  • Kalmyk's Commons category is recorded as Kalmyk Oirat language[9].
  • Kalmyk's Wikimedia language code is recorded as xal[10].
  • Kalmyk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kalmyk language[11].
  • Kalmyk's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+360800'}[12].
  • Kalmyk's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+431800'}[13].
  • Kalmyk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Kalmyk's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Kalmyk's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Kalmyk's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[17].
  • Kalmyk's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'xal', 'text': 'Хальмг келн'}[18].
  • Kalmyk's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'xal', 'text': 'ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ'}[19].
  • Kalmyk's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'xal', 'text': 'хальмг'}[20].
  • Kalmyk's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'xal', 'text': 'хальмг келн\u200e'}[21].
  • Kalmyk's different from is recorded as Oirat[22].
  • Kalmyk's different from is recorded as Written Oirat[23].
  • Kalmyk's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[24].
  • Kalmyk's indigenous to is recorded as Astrakhan Oblast[25].
  • Kalmyk's indigenous to is recorded as Kalmykia[26].
  • Kalmyk's indigenous to is recorded as Stavropol Krai[27].

Why It Matters

Kalmyk ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2] Kalmyk has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Kalmyk is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ethnologue.com language code xal
    Different from Oirat, Written Oirat
    Country
    Unesco language status 3 definitely endangered
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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