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'''Pamiris in China''', officicially called '''“Tajiks” in China''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 塔吉克族, [[Pinyin]]: {{Unicode|Tǎjíkèzú}}), are one of the [[Nationalities of China|56 nationalities]] officially recognized by the [[People's Republic of China]]. |
'''Pamiris in China''', officicially called '''“Tajiks” in China''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 塔吉克族, [[Pinyin]]: {{Unicode|Tǎjíkèzú}}), are one of the [[Nationalities of China|56 nationalities]] officially recognized by the [[People's Republic of China]]. |
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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]] |
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]]. They are a collection of over a dozen small [[East Iranian]] [[ethnic group]]s. The Ethnologue claims that they are actually [[Shugni]] and [[Wakhi]], distinct from the Persian-speaking [[Tajiks]] of [[Tajikistan]].<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tgk Ethnologue report for language code:tgk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Aurel Stein]] 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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Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County | |
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Sarikoli, Wakhi | |
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Shi'ah Islam and Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Pamiri, Wakhi |
Pamiris in China, officicially called “Tajiks” in China (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. They are a collection of over a dozen small East Iranian ethnic groups. The Ethnologue claims that they are actually Shugni and Wakhi, distinct from the Persian-speaking Tajiks of Tajikistan.[2] Aurel Stein and other writers from his time referred to them simply as Sarikoli.[3][4] Some have referred to them simply as "Mountain Tajiks."[5] Robert Shaw considered them Sarikolis and Wakhis, referring to them collectively as Ghalchah.
In China, the languages of Pamiris have no official written form. The great majority of Chinese Pamiris speakers speak the Sarikoli language and use Uyghur, Kyrgyz or Chinese to communicate with people of other nationalities in the area. A small proportion of Chinese Pamiri speakers speak Wakhi.
See also
External links
- The Tajik ethnic minority (China) (government website, in English)
References
- ^ "The Tajik Ethnic Group". China.org.cn. June 21, 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:tgk
- ^ A Journey of Geographical and Archarological Exploration in Chinese Turkestan A Stein - 1904 - [sn] ... 15,800 feet above the sea), into Chinese territory on the Taghdumbash Pamir, using the yaks of the Sarikoli herdsmen...
- ^ The Heart of a Continent - Younghusband - ...an encampment belonging to a Sarikoli, who very kindly asked me to have some refreshment... (pg 242)
- ^ Through the Unknown Pamirs; the Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99 By Ole Olufsen