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- This article is about the Tajik population of China. Refer to Tajiks regarding the Persian-speaking population of Central Asia. And refer to Persian people when refering to the Persians in general.
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County | |
| Languages | |
| Sarikoli language, Wakhi language, Chinese language | |
| Religion | |
| Islam |
The Tajiks (Chinese: 塔吉克族, Pinyin: Tǎjíkèzú) are one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
This group with a population of 41,028 (2000), is located mainly in China's western Xinjiang region with 60% living in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County; some researchers view them as a collection of over a dozen small East Iranian ethnic groups that are related to, but distinct from, the Tajiks of Tajikistan.
In China, the languages of the Tajiks have no official written form. The great majority of Chinese Tajik speakers (16,000) 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 (6,000) speak the Wakhi dialect.
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