Special Papers, Issue 13, Early Kalmyk Primers and Other Schoolbooks

Samples from textbooks 1925-1930. Selection and preface by György Kara. Among the nations of the Russian Federation, the Kalmyks had the most laborious experiments with writing systems. Since the October Revolution in Russia (1917) their Western Mongol language has seen at least six reforms of orthography. The extracts reproduced in this publication are taken from four Moscow publications as examples of the different Cyrillic and Romanized orthographies that have been used. This publication also contains readings and illustrations depicting Kalmyk life and tradition. 133 pages.