Dongxiang

Facts

  • Language: Dongxiang
  • Alternate names: Santa, Tunghsiang, Tung, Dunshan, Tsung-hsiang, 東鄉語
  • Language code: sce
  • Language family: Mongolic-Khitan, Mongolic, Southern Periphery Mongolic, Shirongol, Baoanic
  • Number of speakers: 200,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    Officially classified within Dongxiang nationality. 30% of vocabulary borrowed from Chinese. Muslim (Sunni).

    Dongxiang is spoken in China, East Asia.