Dungan

Facts

  • Language: Dungan
  • Alternate names: Dzhunyan, Tungan, Huizu, Zwn'jan, Kwuizwu, 東干語
  • Language code: dng
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~100000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Cyrillic script.

More information:

    Came from China over 100 years ago. Muslim (Sunni).

    Dungan is spoken in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Near East.