Torgut Oirat
Oirat dialect of Xinjiang (China), west Mongolia and Kalmykia (Russia) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Torgut, also spelled Torghud, is a dialect of the Oirat language spoken in Xinjiang, in western Mongolia and in eastern Kalmykia (where it was the basis for Kalmyk, the literary standard language of that region[2]). Thus, it has more speakers than any other variety of Oirat.[3] It is better researched than any other Oirat variety spoken in China.[4]
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Torgut | |
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Native to | People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Russia |
Region | Xinjiang, Khovd, eastern Kalmykia |
Native speakers | (270,000, incl. all Kalmyk in Russia, cited 1987–2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | torg1245 |
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