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Well, i think the point she is trying to make is that she does not want you o live in those conditions that she lived in, and make a better life for you.
QUOTE (Colordevil @ Apr 10 2004, 11:53 PM)
Well, i think the point she is trying to make is that she does not want you o live in those conditions that she lived in, and make a better life for you.
Yes, I understood that part of the message... But the rest is I'm getting old enough to be able to make my own money and spend it on supplies, without going to them for money... They need to spend the money they earn on themselves, while the money I earn goes to whatever I need... That's what she's teaching me, I'm responsible for my needs... She won't be there to provide for me forever...
In a few years, the whole family will be working...
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Turkic Minorities in China
İEdward J. Vajda
The Uighur (also spelled Uygur, Uigur; usually pronounced WE-ger in English)
The nearly six million Uighur today live in Xinjiang (which means "Western Frontier" in Chinese), where they constitute more than a three-fifths majority of the population. They are a Turkic people whose history stretches back to the 5th and 6th centuries AD. During this time, the Uighur and other Turkic peoples in what is today Mongolia, alone among all of the nomads of the steppes, developed an alphabetic writing system known as the Orkhon or Orkhon-Yenisei script. From 744 to 840 the Uighur controlled a powerful state. During this time they were converted to Persian Manicheism (a religion which viewed the world as an arena of opposing good and evil forces) and adopted a Sogdian script from Southwest Asia (see the chart of Central Asian writing systems in this packet). Under Chinese influence, this script came to be written vertically. In the early 13th century, the Uighurs submitted peacefully to Chingiz Khan, who borrowed their vertical script and adapted it to write Mongolian. The vertical Uighur alphabet was gradually replaced by Arabic letters.
The main religion among the Uighurs (as among all of the Turkic minorities of China) is Islam. The Uighurs have a rich literary and musical culture, and have much more in common with the Islamic, Turkic-speaking nations in former Soviet Central Asia than with the Chinese. Today the Uighur are the largest minority in northern China, and ethnic tension between them and the Chinese is a perennial problem for the Chinese government in Beijing.
İEdward J. Vajda
The Uighur (also spelled Uygur, Uigur; usually pronounced WE-ger in English)
The nearly six million Uighur today live in Xinjiang (which means "Western Frontier" in Chinese), where they constitute more than a three-fifths majority of the population. They are a Turkic people whose history stretches back to the 5th and 6th centuries AD. During this time, the Uighur and other Turkic peoples in what is today Mongolia, alone among all of the nomads of the steppes, developed an alphabetic writing system known as the Orkhon or Orkhon-Yenisei script. From 744 to 840 the Uighur controlled a powerful state. During this time they were converted to Persian Manicheism (a religion which viewed the world as an arena of opposing good and evil forces) and adopted a Sogdian script from Southwest Asia (see the chart of Central Asian writing systems in this packet). Under Chinese influence, this script came to be written vertically. In the early 13th century, the Uighurs submitted peacefully to Chingiz Khan, who borrowed their vertical script and adapted it to write Mongolian. The vertical Uighur alphabet was gradually replaced by Arabic letters.
The main religion among the Uighurs (as among all of the Turkic minorities of China) is Islam. The Uighurs have a rich literary and musical culture, and have much more in common with the Islamic, Turkic-speaking nations in former Soviet Central Asia than with the Chinese. Today the Uighur are the largest minority in northern China, and ethnic tension between them and the Chinese is a perennial problem for the Chinese government in Beijing.
so? Chinese consists of 56 ethnicities, Uighur is one of them. It's not pronounced as wigger, it's Wei-Wu-Er. Xinjiang doesn't mean "western frontier", it means "new territory"
Yep, and China is now planning for the construsction in this new territory.
QUOTE (直隸總督 @ Apr 11 2004, 12:04 AM)
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Turkic Minorities in China
İEdward J. Vajda
The Uighur (also spelled Uygur, Uigur; usually pronounced WE-ger in English)
The nearly six million Uighur today live in Xinjiang (which means "Western Frontier" in Chinese), where they constitute more than a three-fifths majority of the population. They are a Turkic people whose history stretches back to the 5th and 6th centuries AD. During this time, the Uighur and other Turkic peoples in what is today Mongolia, alone among all of the nomads of the steppes, developed an alphabetic writing system known as the Orkhon or Orkhon-Yenisei script. From 744 to 840 the Uighur controlled a powerful state. During this time they were converted to Persian Manicheism (a religion which viewed the world as an arena of opposing good and evil forces) and adopted a Sogdian script from Southwest Asia (see the chart of Central Asian writing systems in this packet). Under Chinese influence, this script came to be written vertically. In the early 13th century, the Uighurs submitted peacefully to Chingiz Khan, who borrowed their vertical script and adapted it to write Mongolian. The vertical Uighur alphabet was gradually replaced by Arabic letters.
The main religion among the Uighurs (as among all of the Turkic minorities of China) is Islam. The Uighurs have a rich literary and musical culture, and have much more in common with the Islamic, Turkic-speaking nations in former Soviet Central Asia than with the Chinese. Today the Uighur are the largest minority in northern China, and ethnic tension between them and the Chinese is a perennial problem for the Chinese government in Beijing.
İEdward J. Vajda
The Uighur (also spelled Uygur, Uigur; usually pronounced WE-ger in English)
The nearly six million Uighur today live in Xinjiang (which means "Western Frontier" in Chinese), where they constitute more than a three-fifths majority of the population. They are a Turkic people whose history stretches back to the 5th and 6th centuries AD. During this time, the Uighur and other Turkic peoples in what is today Mongolia, alone among all of the nomads of the steppes, developed an alphabetic writing system known as the Orkhon or Orkhon-Yenisei script. From 744 to 840 the Uighur controlled a powerful state. During this time they were converted to Persian Manicheism (a religion which viewed the world as an arena of opposing good and evil forces) and adopted a Sogdian script from Southwest Asia (see the chart of Central Asian writing systems in this packet). Under Chinese influence, this script came to be written vertically. In the early 13th century, the Uighurs submitted peacefully to Chingiz Khan, who borrowed their vertical script and adapted it to write Mongolian. The vertical Uighur alphabet was gradually replaced by Arabic letters.
The main religion among the Uighurs (as among all of the Turkic minorities of China) is Islam. The Uighurs have a rich literary and musical culture, and have much more in common with the Islamic, Turkic-speaking nations in former Soviet Central Asia than with the Chinese. Today the Uighur are the largest minority in northern China, and ethnic tension between them and the Chinese is a perennial problem for the Chinese government in Beijing.
so? Chinese consists of 56 ethnicities, Uighur is one of them. It's not pronounced as wigger, it's Wei-Wu-Er. Xinjiang doesn't mean "western frontier", it means "new territory"
Really pronounced Wei- Goor (roll the r)
Uigher is a turkic minority.
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Uigher is a turkic minority.
It is a turkic minority in China, thus a Chinese minority. Do you know what does "Chinese" mean?
When I meant Chinese I meant mongoloid/oriental. I didn't mean the nationality.
維吾爾 or 维吾尔 is how you write it.
維吾爾 or 维吾尔 is how you write it.
Haha, cuz she doesnt clearly.
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When I meant Chinese I meant mongoloid/oriental. I didn't mean the nationality.
well, then you needed to be specific what you were referring to. There are many ethnic minorities in China that are not Mongolids.
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維吾爾 or 维吾尔 is how you write it.
correct, and it's pronounced Wei-Wu-Er
the people of Xinjiang say it Wei-Goor (rolled r)
I know a little Uighur from my dad.
I like to pronounce things the way they are meant to in their native tongue. Like if I see something written in french, i'm not going to say it an english tongue.
I know a little Uighur from my dad.
I like to pronounce things the way they are meant to in their native tongue. Like if I see something written in french, i'm not going to say it an english tongue.
Oh, cool, nice to know.
NOW GET BACK ON TOPIC!
QUOTE (AtlantisStar @ Apr 11 2004, 12:15 AM)
the people of Xinjiang say it Wei-Goor (rolled r)
I know a little Uighur from my dad.
I like to pronounce things the way they are meant to in their native tongue. Like if I see something written in french, i'm not going to say it an english tongue.
I know a little Uighur from my dad.
I like to pronounce things the way they are meant to in their native tongue. Like if I see something written in french, i'm not going to say it an english tongue.
Perhaps you're right, I apologize.
Is the country Ethiopia one of the poorest countries?
Yeah think so. Sri Lanka is pretty poor too. Romania as well. But it's really Sierra Leon which the the most poor($500GDP). 2nd is Tanzania($550).
damn i got lost in the first few pages
I don't know much about my famalies distant history especially from my mother's side but i know this my Great grandmother lived in the Ukraine which is where my grandmother was born hell there is a slight possiblity that i myself am a jew! but i will never know for sure.Alot of my family history is a blur because i could be related to anybody and i wouldn't know.
But my grandfather was from Tianjin and joined the KMT he was also imprisoned for 10 yrs by the communists a political prisoner in the country he tried to help.
Long story short my parents grew up in the cultural revolution my father went to the countryside and did stuff for farms and also a blacksmith.
It was a crazy time and it's a long story.
But my grandfather was from Tianjin and joined the KMT he was also imprisoned for 10 yrs by the communists a political prisoner in the country he tried to help.
Long story short my parents grew up in the cultural revolution my father went to the countryside and did stuff for farms and also a blacksmith.
It was a crazy time and it's a long story.
QUOTE (AtlantisStar @ Apr 10 2004, 09:34 PM)
I think I got my aggressiveness from my mom.
If your mom is like you, I pity your Dad. She must have "crushed" him, kicked him in the ____, and "put a clamp on his _____" many times.
tsk tsk
my parents were in poverty when they move down to where i m living now cuz my relatives said tht they would help out my parents. Instead they didnt do much so my parents were relly on their own for a while till they got a stable job n all....
We used to be pretty poor, but not to the point where we were living in cardboard boxes. We're all good now tho.
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