Dongxiang

Facts

  • Language: Dongxiang
  • Alternate names: Santa, Tung, Tunghsiang
  • Language code: sce
  • Language family: Mongolic-Khitan, Mongolic, Southern Periphery Mongolic, Shirongol, Baoanic
  • Number of speakers: 200000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable [Read more...]
  • Script: Category

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    Introduction

    Dongxiang is a language of China. It is spoken in Southwest Gansu Province, Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, 7 counties and a city; Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Yining and Huocheng counties.

    Dialects

    Sijiaji, Suonanba (Xiaonan), Wangjiaji. Some intelligibility with Bonan (See: Bonan). Minor dialect differences in pronunciation and borrowed words. Suonanba considered the standard.

    The Dongxiang Verb

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