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.
| ISBN: | 9781589016842 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2013 |
| Author: | Gulnisa Nazarova, Kurban Niyaz |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 528 pages |
| Genres: |
Language teaching and learning |