[1][5] In 2020, he published a children's picture dictionary in the Soyot language, along with Russian, Mongolian, and English translations.

At this point, they were acknowledged as a separate nationality by the People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia.

After applying to the Russian Duma for official recognition, they were acknowledged as an ethnic minority in 2001.

Rassadin employs a Cyrillic-based writing system to represent Soyot in his dictionaries and grammars.

The plural is formed with the suffix /-LAr/, which has six possible surface variations depending on vowel harmony and the preceding sound.

The involves taking the first syllable plus /p/ and adding it to the front of the word, e.g. qap-qara "very black", sap-sarɯɣ "very yellow".