Mongolic family
Kalmyk-Oirat
c. 1600 CE – today Living
Kalmyk-Oirat (c. 1600 CE – today) is a living Mongolic language. Lineage: Proto-Mongolic → Middle Mongol → Kalmyk-Oirat.
See Kalmyk-Oirat on the interactive map- Speakers
- 350K (350,000)
- ISO 639-3
- xal
- Glottocode
- kalm1243
Western Mongolic (Oirat) language of Kalmykia on the lower Volga, western Mongolia and Xinjiang. Kalmyks migrated west in the early 17th c.
Lineage
- Proto-Mongolicc. 1000 CE – 1200 CE
- Middle Mongol1200 CE – 1600 CE
- Kalmyk-Oiratc. 1600 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Middle Mongol.