Dongxiang

Some intelligibility with Bonan. Minor dialect differences in pronunciation and borrowed words. Suonanba is considered to be the standard. Written Chinese is in common use. 30% of vocabulary borrowed from Chinese. The people call themselves 'Santa'. An official nationality. Dictionary. SOV; no vowel harmony or vowel length distinction; rich in consonants including uvulars; case marking. Literacy rate in second language: 12%. No official Dongxiang orthography. Agriculturalists, pastoralists. Sunni Muslim.

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