Uighur migrants keeping language alive

Two children at the original Australian Uighur Language School In Adelaide’s Gilles Plains

Two children at the original Australian Uighur Language School In Adelaide’s Gilles Plains Source: Supplied

Uighur migrants who have settled in Australia are trying to save their national identity by keeping the Uighur language alive in their adopted homeland. Around 3,000 Uighurs, a Muslim minority who live in China's north-west region of Xinjiang, have sought refuge in Australia.



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