Salar (Salırça)
Salar is a Turkic language spoken by about 60,000 people in China, mainly in Qinghai
and Gansu provinces, and also in Xinjiang. The Salar people arrived in China
during the 14th century, and according to Salar legend they came from
Samarkand. The Salar language is thought to be related to western Turkic
or Oghuz languages and has been heavily influenced by Tibetan and Chinese
languages.
The Arabic alphabet was traditionally used to write Salar, and is still
used. An unofficial, unstandardised Latin-based alphabet is also used,
though the Salar generally prefer to use the Arabic script.
Latin alphabet for Salar (Salır Latin Oğış)
Information about the Salar alphabet compiled by 이윤호
Links
Information about the Salar language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_language
http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salarca
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=slr
http://www.proz.com/forum/turkish/127357-how_closely_they_are_related%3A_turkish_and_salar_language.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flTNalVRLwk
Book of Salar proverbs (in Chinese and Salar)
http://issuu.com/zhengchuyang/docs/salar_iblet_sozler
Salar songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdfcGERwwpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw75sdW6Tg4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppg8br6pFas