Daur

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The Daur people (Chinese: 达斡尔族, Pinyin: Dáwò'ěrzú; the former name "Dahur" is considered derogatory) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People's Republic of China. They numbered 132,394 according to the latest census (2000), and most of them live in the Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner (Mòlì Dáwǎ Dáwò'ěrzú Zìzhìqí 莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗) in Inner Mongolia autonomous region (China). Genetically, the Daur are descendants of the Khitan, as recent DNA analyses have proven. [link]

Language

Daur is a Mongolic language. There is no written standard, although a Pinyin-based orthography has been devised by the native Daur scholar Merden Enhebatu. The Daur language retains some Khitan substratal features, including a number of lexemes not found in other Mongolic languages.

External link

[The Daur ethnic minority] (Chinese government site, in English)

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