ISO 639-3 · scesce
Mongolic family
Santa
Santa is a language of the Shirongolic branch (Mongolic), spoken in China. Wikidata counts about 200,000 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Mongolic language spoken by the Dongxiang people in northwest China”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sce- Glottocode
dong1285- Family
- Mongolic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 25 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Santa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Santa language, Dongxiang language |
| All speakers | 200,000 (2007) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Mongolic to Santa
The branches above Santa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in China
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