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Synopsis
The Uyghurs are one of the oldest Turkic-speaking peoples of Central Asia. Their language is closely related to Uzbek, with which it shares a common ancestor. Modern Uyghur is spoken by about 11 million people in Xinjiang and 2 million people in Central Asia and elsewhere. This textbook offers beginning students a thematically organized and integrative approach to the Uyghur language that emphasizes communicative activities, step-by-step development of linguistic skills, and elements of Uyghur culture. A multimedia DVD includes audio that helps develop listening and speaking skills and videos filmed in different regions of Xinjiang, China.
Synopsis
This textbook offers a thematically organized and integrative approach to the Uyghur language for beginning students. The book emphasizes communicative activities, step-by-step development of linguistic skills, and elements of Uyghur culture. Multimedia, available at GUPTextbooks.com, includes audio that helps develop listening and speaking skills as well as videos that were filmed in different regions of Xinjiang, China.
The Uyghurs are one of the oldest Turkic-speaking peoples of Central Asia. The Uyghur language is closely related to Uzbek, with which it shares a common ancestor. Modern Uyghur is spoken by about 11 million people in Xinjiang and 2 million people in Central Asia and elsewhere. The modern Uyghur writing system uses a slightly reformed Arabic script with eight vowels and twenty-four consonants.