Chinese Tatars
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Total population |
|---|
| 5,000 (2000 est.) |
| Regions with significant populations |
| China: Xinjiang |
| Languages |
| Religion |
|
Predominantly Islam, Orthodox Christian |
| History of Islam in China |
|
History |
| Major figures |
|
Lan Yu • Yeheidie'erding |
| Culture |
|
Cuisine • Martial arts |
| Cities/Regions |
| Groups |
|
Hui • Uygur • Panthays |
The Chinese Tatars (塔塔尔族 Tǎtǎěrzú) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Their ancestors are Volga Tatar tradesmen who settled mostly in Xinjiang.
The number of Chinese Tatars is close to 5000 as of 2000, and they live mainly in the cities of Aletai, Changji, Yili, Urumchi, Tacheng and other places in Xinjiang.
Chinese Tatars speak an archaic variant of the Tatar language, free from 20th-century loanwords and use Arabic variant of the Tatar alphabet, declined in USSR in 1930s.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Paul and Bernice Noll's Window on the World - List of ethnic groups in China and their population sizes
|
||||||||
