Dungan

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Bishkek city; Chuy region: 2 small nearby border areas; Osh region; Ysyk-Kol region: Karakol area.

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Kazakhstan

Language NameDungan

User Population

50,000 in Kazakhstan (2009 census). Ethnic population: 51,900 (2009 census).

Location

Jambyl region: Korday and Jambyl districts.

Alternate Names

Huizu

Dialects

Shaanxi.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

Shifting to Russian [rus].

Other Comments

Came from China over 100 years ago.

Uzbekistan

Language NameDungan

User Population

1,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.