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nounthe script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur languagetype of:
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nounthe Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern Chinatype of:
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nouna member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areastype of:
Definition that contains uighur
- xinjiang an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
- uighur the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China
- sinkiang an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
- uygur a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
- east turkestan islamic movement a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
- uighur a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
- uigur the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
- east turkistan islamic movement a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
- uygur the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
- uigur the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China