Mukaddas and John discuss the Uyghur language, including the ways it evolved over centuries of being used as a language of trade, and the efforts being made across the diaspora to teach it to the youngest members of the Uyghur community.

This episode features conversations with Dr. Gulnar Eziz and Muyesser Hendan.

The conversation with Dr. Eziz begins at 5:45. For more information about her, please visit her faculty website at Harvard University. We hope you’ll also visit the homepage of the archive of Uyghur manuscripts that she and Mukaddas discuss.

The conversation with Muyesser Hendan begins at 31:30. For more information about the online Uyghur language school, please visit the school’s website and their Instagram.