东干语是中亚东干族使用的语言。东干语分布在今天的吉尔吉斯斯坦、哈萨克斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦境内。东干语内部有民族共同语和方言的分别。东干语的民族共同语即书面语或文学语言,它是20世纪初期在甘肃方言的基础上逐步发展起来的。东干语的民族共同语以甘肃方言为基础主要是文化方面的原因。东干人进入中亚长达半个多世纪的时间里,只有语言,没有文字。俄国十月革命胜利后,在各民族平等发展的原则下,政府帮助没有文字的少数民族创制文字。从20世纪30年代到50年代,东干族分别创制了阿拉伯字母、拉 Donggan language is the language used by Eastans in Central Asia. Donggan language distribution in today’s Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Donggan language within the ethnic common language and dialect distinction. The common language of Donggan language is written language or literary language. It was developed gradually on the basis of Gansu dialect in the early 20th century. The common language of Donggan language is based on the Gansu dialect mainly for cultural reasons. For more than half a century after the Eastern Hezuo people entered Central Asia, they had only language and no written language. After the victory of the Russian Revolution in October, under the principle of equal development of all ethnic groups, the government helped minority ethnic minorities with no written language create their own writings. From the 1930s to the 1950s, the Eastern Muslims created the Arab alphabet, respectively