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Looks great and thank you for sharing. Uyghur looks like a fun language to learn although I'm sure it's difficult to practice in person and given the situation in China it's unlikely to get better. I do wonder if the memes in /r/languagelearning about Uzbek will carry through to some people actually learning and researching these Turkic languages more.

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Uyghur language isn't banned in China, it's part of all the signs and official documentation. There are more Uyghur-Chinese documentations, dictionaries and references than in the West as explained in this document's preface. It is easier to practice Uyghur in China than in the West as again referenced in the document because there are less resources in the West or specifically the English-speaking world.

Should be noted that Uyghur is not descended off Old Uyghur but rather the Karluk languages. Yugur is the descendant of Old Uyghur.

I think the point he's trying to make is that while what you say is presently true, newer Chinese policies seem intent on the suppression of minority cultures (and by an extension of that language); especially of the Uighurs. Perhaps what I've read is just anti-china propaganda, but it's a running theme across multiple different media outlets.

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