Western Yugur language

Western Yugur
Western Yugur
Yellow Uyghur
yoɣïr lar
Native to	China
Region	Gansu
Ethnicity	7,000 Yugur (2007)
Native speakers	4,600 (2007)
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Siberian Turkic (Northeastern Turkic) South Siberian Yenisei Turkic Western Yugur; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Turkic Old Uyghur ;
Writing system	Old Uyghur alphabet (until 19th century) Latin alphabet (current)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ybe
Glottolog	west2402
ELP	Yellow Uyghur

Western Yugur (Western Yugur: yoɣïr lar (Yugur speech) or yoɣïr śoz (Yugur word)) also known as Neo-Uygur is the Turkic language spoken by the Yugur people. It is contrasted with Eastern Yugur, a Mongolic language spoken within the same community. Traditionally, both languages are indicated by the term "Yellow Uygur", from the endonym of the Yugur.

There are approximately 4,600 Turkic-speaking Yugurs.

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