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'''Tajiks in China''' (]: 塔吉克族, ]: {{Unicode|Tǎjíkèzú}}) are one of the ] officially recognized by the ]. |
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'''Tajiks in China''' (]: 塔吉克族, ]: {{Unicode|Tǎjíkèzú}}) are one of the ] officially recognized by the ]. |
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This group with a population of 41,028 (2000), is located mainly in ]'s western ] region with 60% living in ]; some researchers view them as a collection of over a dozen small ] ]s that are related to, but distinct from, the ] of ].{{Fact|date=April 2007}} The Ethnologue claims that they are actually ] and ].<ref>http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tgk</ref> |
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This group with a population of 41,028 (2000), is located mainly in ]'s western ] region with 60% living in ]; some researchers view them as a collection of over a dozen small ] ]s that are related to, but distinct from, the ] of ].{{Fact|date=April 2007}} The Ethnologue claims that they are actually ] and ].<ref>http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tgk</ref> ] reffered to them simply as ''Sarikoli's''<ref> A Journey of Geographical and Archarological Exploration in Chinese Turkestan |
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... 15,800 feet above the sea), into Chinese territory on the Taghdumbash Pamir, using |
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the yaks of the Sarikoli herdsmen...</ref> |
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In China, the languages of the Tajiks have no official written form. The great majority of Chinese Tajik speakers speak the ] (or ''Sariköli'') dialect and use ] and ] to communicate with people of other nationalities in the area. A small proportion of Chinese Tajik speakers speak ]. |
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In China, the languages of the Tajiks have no official written form. The great majority of Chinese Tajik speakers speak the ] (or ''Sariköli'') dialect and use ] and ] to communicate with people of other nationalities in the area. A small proportion of Chinese Tajik speakers speak ]. |
In China, the languages of the Tajiks have no official written form. The great majority of 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 proportion of Chinese Tajik speakers speak Wakhi.
