Oirat language
Spoken language
Oirat is a Mongolic language spoken by the descendants of Oirat Mongols, now forming parts of Mongols in China, Kalmyks in Russia and Mongolians. Wikipedia
Language families: Altaic languages and Mongolic languages
Linguist List: Written Oirat
Native speakers: 368,000, 58% of ethnic population (2007–2010)
Standard forms: Kalmyk
Writing system: Clear script (China: unofficial), Cyrillic (Russia: official)