At 11:20 Uhr +0100 08.04.1999, Michael Everson wrote: >Ah, yes, Kalmuk is Mongolian. Isn't it Kalmyk that's Turkic? Kalmuk = Kalmyk There is, however, a Turkic language in the North Caucasus, but that's Kumyk. The name resemblance is fortuitous. Stefan Georg Heerstrasse 7 D-53111 Bonn FRG +49-228-69-13-32