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Largely mutually intelligible to other core Central Mongolic languages, scholars differ as to whether they regard Oirat as a distinct language [6] or a major dialect of the Mongolian language. [7] Oirat-speaking areas are scattered across the far west of Mongolia, [8] the northwest of China [8] and Russia's Caspian coast, where its major ...
Although these two empires encompassed multilingual populations, the language of diplomacy, trade, and culture was an ÖLÜ (YELÜ) dialect of ancient Mongolic descent. [4] When the Tobgach destroyed the Rouran Empire, the Mongolic-speaking Avar people escaped into the Caspian steppes. [4] This displacement triggered a series of events.
They are descendants of the Ööled tribes, who moved to the territory of the Russian Empire after the failure of the Dungan revolt, some part inhabited the area during the rule of the Zunghar Khanate. [2] They used to speak Sart Kalmyk, a dialect of the Oirat language, but have largely switched to the Kyrgyz language by now.
By 1336, Ali-Padshah, a member of the Oirat ruling family, was a contender for power in the disintegrating Il- Khanate. KHORASAN. Arghun Aqa, a famous Oirat bureaucrat, became governor of Khorasan (eastern Iran) and founder of a prominent Oirat family there. [6] 1260-1264: Oirats had strong QUDA ties to the families of Jochi’s sons Hordu and ...
Torgut (Oirat: Торһд, romanized: Torhd, ), 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]
A bilingual (Russian and Kalmyk) sign with the text "Clean zone!"(Russian) and "Overseen zone!" (Kalmyk) at the Elista bus station. Kalmyk Oirat (Kalmyk: Хальмг Өөрдин келн, Haľmg Öördin keln, [xalʲˈmək øːrˈdin keˈlən]), [3] commonly known as the Kalmyk language (Kalmyk: Хальмг келн, Haľmg keln, [xalʲˈmək keˈlən]), is a variety of the Mongolian ...
Alasha ([ɑɮʃɑ], in some Mongolian varieties [ɑɮɑ̆ɡʃɑ]; [1] Mongolian script: ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ, Mongolian Cyrillic: Алшаа Alaša, Chinese: 阿拉善; pinyin: Ālāshàn), or Alaša-Eǰen-e, is a Mongolic variety with features of both Oirat and Mongolian [2] [3] that historically used to belong to Oirat but has come under the influence of Mongolian proper.
Darkhad (also "Darkhat") is a dialect in-between Central Mongolian and Oirat [2] still variously seen as closer to Oirat [3] or as a dialect of Khalkha Mongolian with some Oirat features. [4] However, it seems to have substantially assimilated to the Khalkha dialect since it first was described by Sanžeev, [ 5 ] and some classificational ...