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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. Shan

Morphological typology: isolating [?] ^[16]

Basic Information ^[17]

• ISO Code: shn
• Number of speakers: 3,295,000
• Location: Shan State in Myanmar/Burma, Northern Thailand
• Other possible languages known by speakers: Burmese
• Orthography: Burmese script

Status

Shan is the native language of the Shan people. It is actively spoken in all age groups and domains. ^[18]

Text Availability

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmyk_Oirat#Linguistic_classification
2. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xal
3. ↑ http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/index.php?hl=en&page=atlasmap&lid=368
4. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xal
5. ↑ http://ibtrussia.org/en/ebook?id=KAL
6. ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
7. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
8. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
9. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
10. ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
11. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
12. ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
13. ↑ http://talar.brahvimedia.net/?page=1
14. ↑ http://brahui.page.tl/Brahui-Poetry-Page-3.htm
15. ↑ https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_brh_gen-1
16. ↑ http://alif-shinobi.blogspot.com/2012/12/shan-phrases-greetings.html
17. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/shn
18. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/shn
19. ↑ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.omf.shan.bible&hl=en
20. ↑ http://alif-shinobi.blogspot.com/2012/12/shan-phrases-greetings.html