Tor Uyghurs
Tor Tajiks, also called Tajiks of Tor are a Tajik sub-group who are native to the Tor village in the Kashgar Prefecture in Xinjiang, China.
A Tor Tajik man in cultural attire | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| several thousand | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Kashgar Prefecture | |
| Languages | |
| Native: Tor Tajik dialect (Tajik) Secondary: Mandarin Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Iranic peoples |
Name
The Tor Tajiks are a Iranic people and they are ethnically Tajiks (an Iranic people who speak the Tajik language). Officially, Tor Tajiks are regarded as "Tajik", one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the government of China. The Chinese term 'Tajik' includes three distinct groups: Iranic Sarikolis, Iranic Wakhans, and the Iranic Tor Tajiks.
Language
Their language is a Sarikoli variety that is intermediate between the Sarikoli language and the Tajik language.[1]
Culture
Intermarriages between the Sarikoli and Wakhi groups is usually common, however, the Tor Uyghurs tend to take more pride in their identity and hardly ever intermarry with Sarikoli or Wakhi Tajiks.
References
- Arlund, Pamela (2006-11-09). "An Acoustic, Historical, and Developmental Analysis of Sarikol Tajik Diphthongs" (PDF). University of Texas at Arlington. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
The Tor Tajiks have Tajik customs but speak a variety of a Turkic language that is intermediate between Uighur and Uzbek.
Main Sources
- Kim, D. (2017): Topics in the syntax of Sarikoli, Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University. (PDF1, PDF2)
- Arlund S., Pamela (2006): An acoustic, historical, and developmental analysis of Sarikol Tajik Diphthongs, University of Texas at Arlington. (PDF1, PDF2)