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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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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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