Dungan

Also known as Dungan language

divergent variety of Central Plains Mandarin spoken in Central Asia

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Dungan is a variety of Mandarin Chinese that developed among communities in Central Asia and differs noticeably from the Mandarin spoken in China's Central Plains region. It matters because it represents a distinct linguistic branch that reflects the unique history and cultural development of Chinese-speaking populations outside of mainland China.

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Key facts

Pronunciation: [ xwɛ̌jt͡sû ʝŷʝɛ̃̌ ]
Native to: Central Asia
Region: Chu Valley ( Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan ), Altai Krai , Saratov Oblast (Rovensky District) ( Russia ), Fergana Valley ( Uzbekistan )
Ethnicity: Dungan
Native speakers: 145,000 (2009–2021)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Mandarin Central Plains Mandarin Dungan
Writing system: Cyrillic (official), Chinese characters (obsolete), Xiao'erjing (obsolete), Latin (historical)
Iso 639 3: dng
Glottolog: dung1253
Elp: Dungan

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Article

Dunganese name DunganХуэйзў йүян Xiao'erjingخُوِزُو یُوِیًا Hanzi回族語言 (Huízú yǔyán; Hui-tsu yü-yen) Uyghur name Uyghur تۇڭگان تىلى‎ Russian name RussianДунганский язык RomanizationDunganskij jazyk Kyrgyz name KyrgyzДунган тили دۇنعان تىلى Dungan tili Kazakh name KazakhДүнген тілі دۇنگەن تىلى Düngen tılı

Dungan (/ˈdʊŋ.ɡɑːn/ or /ˈdʌŋ.ɡən/) is a Sinitic language spoken primarily in the Chu Valley of southeastern Kazakhstan and northern Kyrgyzstan. It is the native language of the Dungan people, a Hui subgroup that fled Qing China in the 19th century. It evolved from the Central Plains Mandarin varieties spoken in Gansu and Shaanxi. It is the only Sino-Tibetan language to be officially written in the Cyrillic script. In addition, the Dungan language contains loanwords and archaisms not found in other modern varieties of Mandarin.