Kalmyk-Oirat

Nationality Classification
蒙古族 Mongolian
Secondary Nationality
Republic of Mongolia group 蒙古共和国的民族
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
蒙古语卫拉特方言
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Kalmyk-Oirat
ISO 639-3 Code
xal
Language Stock Classification
阿尔泰语系,蒙古语族 Altaic, Mongolian
Primary Province or Region
内蒙古自治区 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Location (in China)
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: Bayan Gool Autonomous prefecture and Bortala Autonomous prefecture.
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
139,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
1989