Xinjiang

Philip Newton philip.newton at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 15:21:49 UTC 2009


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 16:11, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]
<olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote:
> Here are questions to be answered prior to setting up zones in the "asia" file:
>
> 1. What's the English translation of the Han name of the city with the largest Han population in Asia/Urumqi?
> 2. What's the English translation of the Han name of the city with the largest Han population in Asia/Kashgar?
> 3. What's the English translation of the Uyghur name of the city with the largest Uyghur population in Asia/Urumqi?
> 4. What's the English translation of the Uyghur name of the city with the largest Uyghur population in Asia/Urumqi?
> 5. When exactly did the Asia/Urumqi Uyghurs start using their own distinct time?
> 6. When exactly did the Asia/Kashgar Uyghurs start using their own distinct time?
>
> The path forward depends on the answers to the above questions.

I suspect that you mean "transliteration" or (most likely)
"transcription" for "translation" throughout (e.g. you'd want
something like "Beijing" and not "Northern Capital"), and that 4
applies to Asia/Kashgar.

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>



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