Santa | |
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Dongxiang | |
Dunxian kielen[citation needed] | |
Native to | China |
Region | Gansu (mainly Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture) and Xinjiang (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)[1] |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2007)[2] |
Arabic, Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sce |
Glottolog | dong1285 |
ELP | Dongxiang |
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.