Santa language
| Santa | |
|---|---|
| Dongxiang | |
| Dunxian kielen, Sarta kelen | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Gansu (mainly Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture) and Xinjiang (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture) |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2007) |
| Arabic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sce |
| Glottolog | dong1285 |
| ELP | Dongxiang |
Santa is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Santa language, also known as Dongxiang (simplified Chinese: 东乡语; traditional Chinese: 東鄉語; pinyin: Dōngxiāngyǔ), is a Mongolic language spoken by the Dongxiang people in Northwest China.