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1. Kalmyk-Oirat
Morphological typology: agglutinative [1]
Basic Information [2]
- ISO Code: xal
- Number of speakers: 360,800
- Location: Kalmykia Republic, province of Russia
- Other possible languages known by speakers: Russian
- Orthography: Cyrillic script
Status
Kalmyk is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO. A few children learn the language. It is the official language of the Kalmykia Republic along with Russian. [3] [4]
Text Availability
The Bible is available in Kalmyk. [5]
2. Brahui
Morphological typology: agglutinative [6]
Basic Information
- ISO Code: brh [7]
- Number of speakers: 2,430,000 [8]
- Location: South central, Quetta and Kalat region, east Balochistan and Sindh provinces in Pakistan [9]
- Other possible languages known by speakers: Western dialect of Baluchi [10]
- Orthography: Arabic script [11]
Status
The literacy rate in Brahui is low, and it does not have an official status. [12]
Text Availability
The Daily Talar is a newspaper in Brahui, and there is poetry written in the language. [13] [14] There is also a section of the Bible available in Brahui. [15]
3. Huichol
Morphological typology: polysynthetic [16]
Basic Information [17]
- ISO Code: hch
- Number of speakers: 17,800
- Location: Nayarit and Jalisco states, Mexico
- Other possible languages known by speakers: Spanish
- Orthography: Latin script
Status
The Huichol language is actively spoken by the Huichol ethnic group, and is used by all ages in all domains, including religious service, commerce, and administration. [18]
Text Availability
Considering the activeness with which the language is used and spoken, as well as recent efforts and studies to promote the learning of it, it will be fairly easy to find a page of text in the language. [19]- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmyk_Oirat#Linguistic_classification
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xal
- ↑ http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/index.php?hl=en&page=atlasmap&lid=368
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xal
- ↑ http://ibtrussia.org/en/ebook?id=KAL
- ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
- ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
- ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
- ↑ http://talar.brahvimedia.net/?page=1
- ↑ http://brahui.page.tl/Brahui-Poetry-Page-3.htm
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_brh_gen-1
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichol_language#Morphology
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hch
- ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hch
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichol_language