Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics
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Subject: Language And Linguistics
Editor-in-Chief: Rint SYBESMA, Leiden University
Associate Editors: Wolfgang BEHR University of Zürich, Yueguo GU Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zev HANDEL University of Washington, C.-T. James HUANG Harvard University and James MYERS National Chung Cheng University
The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as the different linguistic traditions they have been investigated in.
More information: Brill.com
Associate Editors: Wolfgang BEHR University of Zürich, Yueguo GU Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zev HANDEL University of Washington, C.-T. James HUANG Harvard University and James MYERS National Chung Cheng University
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The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as the different linguistic traditions they have been investigated in.
More information: Brill.com
Uyghur Language
(2,908 words)
1. Uyghur Uyghur (also spelled Uighur), natively
uyγur tili or
uyγurčä (Chinese Wéiwú’ěryǔ 維吾爾語) is a Turkic language spoken by approximately ten million people in Xīnjiāng who form the largest minority group there (figure 1). In Xīnjiāng, designated an autonomous region of China, Uyghur is co-official with Mandarin Chinese. It is also used as a lingua franca by other local minorities such as Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tatars, Mongols, Dungans, Sarikolis and Wakis. There are a number of publications in Uyghur langu…
Date:
2017-03-02