(documentation YugurLanguage EnglishLanguage "The YugurLanguage is an EasternTurkicLanguage of China. SIL code: YBE. ISO 639-2: tut. Population: 4,600 speakers out of ethnic group of 12,297 (1990 census). Region: Sunan Yugur Autonomous County near Zhangye (Kanchow) in northwest Gansu Province. Alternate names: SARYGH UYGUR, SARIG, YA LU, YELLOW UIGHUR, SARI YOGUR, YUKU, YUGU, SARY-UIGHUR. Comments: About one-third of the ethnic group speaks Chinese as first language. Written Chinese is in use. Chinese is used as a lingua franca with East Yugur. An official nationality together with East Yugur, which is a Mongolian language. SOV. Literacy rate in second language: 59%. Animal husbandry. Lamaist Buddhist, shamanism.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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