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    Posted: 28-Oct-2007 at 22:43
Dungan is the only Chinese dialect which is AFAIK recognized as a separate language.
 
Moreover, interestingly enough, its writing system is based on Cyrillic alphabet. Shocked
 
However, it's still very close to Mandarin Chinese and during the times when Sino-Soviet relations were shut Soviet sinologists were sent to Central Asia to Dungan villages in order to train in spoken Chinese.
 
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Posts: 281 		  Quote jayeshks Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-Oct-2007 at 01:53
cool! It's like a Cyrillic pinyin ;)
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that's so weird
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Dungan is Chinese or dōnggānyǔ, the language of the Hui, but its dialectical structure reflects the roots of the original migrants fleeing the Manchu in the 19th century, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. The four tonal inflections of the latter make it the lesser variant and standard Dungan is in the tri-tonal Gansu dialect. It is not close at all to Mandarin and it has been written in various scripts since 1900: Arabic (until 1926) Latin (1926-1953) and finally Cyrillic after 1953 and the decision of the Soviet government in Kirghizia. For the variety of dialects as to Chinese and why the equation of Dungan with Mandarin is incorrect:
 
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Posts: 3113 		  Quote Sarmat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Nov-2007 at 18:53
Of course, it's not identical to Mandarin, but still quite close, anyway.
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