Also Known As:
Dzhunyan, Tungan, Huizu, Zwn'jan, Kwuizwu, 東干語
Dialects & Varieties
- Yage
- Gansu
- Shaanxi
Recent Resources
A Swadesh list in Dungan
Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 1
Most members of the community or ethnic group speak the language. Speaker numbers may be decreasing, but very slowly.
1
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
1
Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
-1
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Hai, Feng (海峰). 2003. Zhongya Donggan yuyan yanjiu (中亞東干語研究) [A Study of the Dungan Language of Central Asia]. Urumchi, China: Xinjiang University Press (新疆大學出版社).
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Hai, Feng (海峰). 2003. Zhongya Donggan yuyan yanjiu (中亞東干語研究) [A Study of the Dungan Language of Central Asia]. Urumchi, China: Xinjiang University Press (新疆大學出版社).