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.
Information about the Salar alphabet compiled by 이윤호
Ne güzel doğqan yeridiği göl,
Ne uzan gelğen yaşlıx yol,
Tişde men göx asmandan soracı,
Neğe gece yalğuz vardır?
Bir ax quş bulatdan çixci.
Köp beyix şeherler men varmış,
Köp çoñ deryalar mende görmiş,
Bir gün öyüm menden yırax volsa eğer,
Göñlümde başqa yoxdur,
Her vağıt yireğimde yamğur yağır.
From Doğqan yerim (My native land): http://www.salars.cn/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4811&extra=page%3D1
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
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