The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China.
1Among the learned editors were persons acquainted with Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and Uigur.
2It was written in Uigur script, which complicated matters; she had to describe parts of it, and return for more, in a number of stages.
3Some Uigurs in China's westernmost province, most of them Muslim, have fought for autonomy from Beijing.