Torgut (also known as
Torghut or
Torghud) is a dialect of the
Oirat language spoken in
Xinjiang, in western
Mongolia and in eastern
Kalmykia (where it was the basis for
Kalmyk, the literary
standard language of that region). Thus, it has more speakers than any other variety of Oirat. It is better researched than any other Oirat variety spoken in China.