Santa language

Santa
Dongxiang
Dunxian kielen[citation needed]
Native toChina
RegionGansu (mainly Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture) and Xinjiang (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)[1]
Native speakers
200,000 (2007)[2]
Mongolic
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

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.

  1. ^ Bao (2006).
  2. ^ Santa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)