I speak an East-Slavic language but the task of learning this Mongolic language Kalmyk, pronounced Zal'mg (Хальмг) is proving to be incredibly difficult. Despite sharing the cyrillic alphabet, almost every aspect of the languages are different. But, due to recent discovery of my mother's lineage, I want to continue learning. Unfortunately there are very few resources I have found.. I'll probably have to contact some of my Siberian friends for literature.