Sart Kalmyk language
| Sart Kalmyk | |
|---|---|
| Sart Qalmaq | |
| Native to | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Issyk-Kul |
| Ethnicity | ~12,000[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | sart1247 |
Sart Kalmyk is an endangered and underdocumented
Central Mongolic Oirat language variety spoken by the Sart Kalmyks in Ak-Suu District, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan
.
History
Sart Kalmyk emerged as a distinct variety after its speakers separated from a larger Oirat-speaking community in today's
Lake Issyk-Kul. Since then, the language has been developing in isolation from other Mongolic varieties and in intense contact with Kyrgyz, a Turkic language. Recent research shows a significant influence of Kyrgyz morphology, phonology and lexicon on Sart Kalmyk.[2]
Language situation
Sart Kalmyk is a severely threatened language. Its domains of use are largely confined to informal communication between the elderly in rural areas. Virtually all speakers are trilingual, having a good command of Kyrgyz and Russian in addition to their ethnic language. Younger members of the ethnic community often speak little to no Sart Kalmyk.[3]
Script
Historically, Sart Kalmyk was written with the
References
- ^ "President of Mongolia received the Kalmyk citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic", President of Mongolia, 2012-04-08, archived from the original on 2016-12-06
- ^ Borlykova, Boskha; Menyaev, Badma (2020), "Morphological peculiarities of the Sart-Kalmyk language", Izvestia VGPU. Filologia (in Russian), 148 (5): 128–134
- S2CID 246393195
- ^ Tenishev, Edkhyam (1976), "About the Language of Sart Kalmyks of Issyk-Kul" (PDF), Voprosy Jazykoznanija (in Russian), 1: 82–87