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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> ] referred to them simply as ''Sarikoli''.<ref> A Journey of Geographical and Archarological Exploration in Chinese Turkestan |
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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> ], and other writers from his time referred to them simply as ''Sarikoli''.<ref> A Journey of Geographical and Archarological Exploration in Chinese Turkestan |
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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 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.
