Eastern Yugur is the
Mongolic language spoken within the
Yugur nationality. The other language spoken within the same community is
Western Yughur, which is a
Turkic language. The terms may also indicate the speakers of these languages, which are both unwritten.[2] Traditionally, both languages are indicated by the term Yellow Uygur, from the autonym of the Yugur. Eastern Yugur speakers are said to have
passive bilingualism with
Inner Mongolian, the standard spoken in
China.[3]
Eastern Yugur is a threatened language with an aging population of fluent speakers.[4][5]Language contact with neighbouring languages, particularly
Chinese, has noticeably affected the language competency of younger speakers.[5] Some younger speakers have also begun to lose their ability to distinguish between different phonetic shades within the language, indicating declining language competency.[6]
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abNugteren, Hans; Roos, Marti (1996). "Common Vocabulary of the Western and Eastern Yugur Languages: The Turkic and Mongolic Loanwords". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 49 (1/2): 25–91.
JSTOR43391252.
Stuart, Kevin C., ed. (1996).
Blue Cloth and Pearl Deer: Yogur Folklore(PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers, No. 73. Translated by Zhang, Juan. Philadelphia, PA: Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania.
OCLC41180478.