Äynu people
Turkic ethnic group in Xinjiang, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Ainu people.
The Äynu (also Ainu, Abdal or Aini) are a Turkic people native to the Xinjiang region of China, where they are an unrecognized ethnic group legally counted as Uyghurs. They speak the Äynu language and mainly adhere to Alevism.[1][2][3] There are estimated to be around 30,000 to 50,000 Äynu people, mostly located on the fringe of the Taklamakan Desert.[4][5]
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Total population | |
30,000–50,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Xinjiang, China | |
Languages | |
Äynu, Uyghur and Standard Chinese | |
Religion | |
Majority: Alevi Minority: Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Persians, Uyghurs, other Turkic and Iranic peoples |
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