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Xiao'erjing (lit. ' children's script ' ), often shortened to Xiaojing ( lit. ' minor script ' , the 'original script' [ a ] being the Perso-Arabic script ), is a Perso-Arabic script used to write Sinitic languages , including Lanyin Mandarin , Zhongyuan Mandarin , Northeastern Mandarin , and Dungan .
The Dungan Revolt (1862–1877), also known as the Tongzhi Hui Revolt (simplified Chinese: 同治回乱; traditional Chinese: 同治回亂; pinyin: Tóngzhì Huí Luàn, Xiao'erjing: تُجِ خُوِ لُوًا, Dungan: Тунҗы Хуэй Луан) or Hui (Muslim) Minorities War, was a war fought in 19th-century western China, mostly ...
The Dongxiang (autonym: Sarta or Santa) are a Mongolic people and one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.Half of the population live in Dongxiang Autonomous County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, China.
Xiao'erjing is now virtually extinct in Dungan society, but it remains in limited use by some Hui communities in China. The writing system is based on the standard 3-tone dialect. Tone marks or numbering do not appear in general-purpose writing, but are specified in dictionaries, even for loanwords. The tones are specified using the soft sign ...
Xiao'erjing [ ﻣَﺎ ﺷَﻮْ ءُ ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 68) ( help ) Ma Shaowu (1874–1937; Xiao'erjing : ﻣَﺎ ﺷَﻮْ ءُ ) was a Chinese warlord and military commander who was a member of the Xinjiang clique during China's Warlord Era and the Xinjiang Wars .
Ma Qianling (simplified Chinese: 马千龄; traditional Chinese: 馬千齡; pinyin: Mǎ Qiānlíng, Xiao'erjing: مَا ٿِیًالٍ; 1826–1910) was a Chinese Muslim General who defected to the Qing Dynasty in 1872 during the Dungan revolt along with his superior General Ma Zhanao and General Ma Haiyan.
Xiao'erjing is a Perso-Arabic script adopted for writing of Sinitic languages such as Mandarin (especially the Lanyin, Zhongyuan and Northeastern dialects) or the Dungan language. This writing system is unique (compared to other Arabic-based writing systems) in that all vowels, long and short, are explicitly marked at all times with Arabic ...
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 临夏回族自治州; traditional Chinese: 臨夏回族自治州; pinyin: Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu, Xiao'erjing: لٍثِيَا خُوِزُوْ زِجِجِوْ ), formerly known as Hezhou (河州) and Baohan (枹罕), is located in Gansu Province, south of the provincial capital Lanzhou, bordering Qinghai to the west.