US: Uyghur Language School Offers Link To Homeland

At a weekend school in the US state of Virginia, language classes serve a dual purpose for young Uyghurs -- cultural preservation, and access to a unique vocabulary to discuss the plight of relatives in China.

[@guillaumeprince7332]

Im learning Uyghur and Tadjik I’m going back to Xinjiang this summer

[@StrategicChicken]

Uyghur language is not forbidden on china. Why do people say this?

[@ugrmusti7842]

It's forbidden in schools !!

[@guillaumeprince7332]

@@ugrmusti7842it’s not

[@Govind_rana500]

Originals destroyed by ☪️ Invaders

[@user-bd8gj5ze1q]

?

[@ok9gamer65]

Go ahead... They won't think twice burning the whole thing down for petty grievances

[@tyroneloki5131]

So its pronunced Ooh ghor?

[@karlmakhwa4182]

More like that when they say it in their own language, yes. I might write it as Ooy ghoor for English speakers

[@ayikerim]

I am Uyghur and I go to the same school

[@zhanghg5080]

Why the man doesn't speak Uyghur?

[@karlmakhwa4182]

Probably because he's talking to a journalist from the US and wants to be respectful, like any foreigner in the US might. What makes you ask?