Dongxiang

Nationality Classification
东乡族 Dongxiang
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
东乡语
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Dongxiang
ISO 639-3 Code
sce
Language Stock Classification
阿尔泰语系,蒙古语族 Altaic, Mongolian
Primary Province or Region
甘肃省 Gansu Province
Location (in China)
Southwest Gansu Province: mainly in Linxia Hui Autonomous prefecture, 7 counties and a city; Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: in Yining municipality and Huocheng county in Yili (Ili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
250,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
1999