Dungan language
Dungan (ISO 639-3 code dng) is a language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It has about 100,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as vulnerable.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | dng |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | dung1253 |
| Family | Sino-Tibetan |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Speakers (estimate) | 100,000 |
| Endangerment | Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Sino-Tibetan languages, nearest first.
- Mandarin Chinese1,100,000,000 speakers
- Burmese34,000,000 speakers
- Tibetan6,000,000 speakers
- Garo700,000 speakers
- Mising551,224 speakers
- Bantawa371,056 speakers
- Gurung325,000 speakers
- Limbu300,000 speakers
- Xishanba Lalo300,000 speakers
- Balti270,000 speakers
- Kaduo200,000 speakers
- Lotha Naga170,001 speakers
More about Dungan
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.