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Uighurs Summary
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Uighurs (or Uygurs) are the largest of the Turkic groups in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, with an estimated population in the region of 8 million in 1997. Uighurs account for 46.7 percent of the population of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous...
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For the language spoken by this ethnic group, see Uyghur language. The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; simplified Chinese: 维吾尔; traditional Chinese: 維吾爾; pinyin: Wéiwú'ěr) are a Turkic people of Central...


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The Uyghur (also spelled Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر;) are an ethnic group of Central Asia. They are one of China's 56 officially recognized ethnicities. Here are quotes from famous scholars' about them. Sourced An Uyghur girl in Xinjiang The...


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The Journal of the American Oriental Society
Spoken Uyghur. (book reviews)
07/01/1993: 936 words, approx. 3 pages
The author and his Uyghur informant collaborated to prepare an excellent, substantial descriptive grammar and 15 dialogue units for the modern Uyghur language as indigenous speakers use it mainly in eastern Turkistan (Xinjiang), China. The grammar offers a technical analysis of the present...
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New Internationalist
Forgotten province: China's oppression furthers Uyghur separatist sentiment.
11/01/1999: 482 words, approx. 2 pages
ALTHOUGH China is well known for its abuses of human rights in Tibet and among its own people, it is also responsible for violent oppression in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), according to a briefing in the US Congress. The Advocacy...
 


 

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