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Äynu ئەينۇ‎, Äynú
Native to: China
Region: Xinjiang
Ethnicity: Äynu
Native speakers: 6,600 (2000)
Language family: Turkic

Äynu is a Turkic cryptolect spoken in Western China. Some linguists call it a mixed language, having a mostly Turkic grammar, essentially Yugur (close to Uyghur), but a mainly Iranian vocabulary. Other linguists argue that it does not meet the technical requirements of a mixed language. It is spoken by the Äynu, a nomadic people, who use it to keep their communications secret from outsiders.

The language is know by many different spellings, including Abdal, Aini, Ainu, Ayni, Aynu, Eyni, and Eynu. The Abdal (ئابدال) spelling is commonly used in Uyghur sources. Russian sources use Eynu, Aynu, Abdal (Эйну, Айну, Абдал), and Chinese uses the spelling Ainu. The Äynu people call their language Äynú (ئەينۇ, xx [ɛjˈnu]).

Äynu is spoken in Western China among Alevi Muslims in Xinjiang on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin.

The only speakers of Äynu are adult men, who are found to speak it outside of their area of settlement in order to communicate without being understood by others. Uyghur is spoken with outsiders who do not speak Äynu, and at home when it is not necessary to disguise one's speech.

LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84ynu_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84ynu_people


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