Santa language

The Santa language, also known as Dongxiang (simplified Chinese: 东乡语; traditional Chinese: 東鄉語; pinyin: Dōngxiāngyǔ), is a Mongolic language spoken by the Dongxiang people in Northwest China.

Santa
Dunxian kielen
لھجکءاءل
Native toChina
RegionGansu (mainly Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture) and Xinjiang (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)
Native speakers
200,000 (2007)
Mongolic
  • Southern Mongolic
    • Shirongolic
      • Santa
Arabic, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3sce
Glottologdong1285
ELPDongxiang
Santa is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.