Tajik (China)
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Tajik (塔吉克族; pinyin: tǎjíkè zú) is one of the of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
This group with a population of 33,500, they are located mainly in China's western Xinjiang region with 60% living in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, is actually a collection of over a dozen small East Iranian ethnic groups that are related to, but distinct from, the Tajiks of Tajikistan.
In China, the Tajik language has no official written form. Most Chinese Tajik speakers speak the Sariqul (or Sariköli) dialect and use Uyghur and Chinese to communicate with people of other nationalities in the area. A small amount of Chinese Tajik speakers speak Wakhi.
Reference
- Gawarjon / Gāo Ěrqiāng 高尔锵 (ed.): Tǎjíkè-Hàn cídiǎn 塔吉克汉词典. Tujik ziv – Hanzu ziv lughot (Tajik-Chinese dictionary; Chengdu, Sichuan minzu chubanshe 1996).
External links
The Tajik ethnic minority (http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-tajik.htm) (government website, in English)
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