Editing Hui people (section)

=== Language ===

The Hui of Yunnan, whom the Burmese called Panthays, were reportedly fluent in Arabic.{{sfn|Fytche|1878|p=301}} During the [[Panthay Rebellion]], Arabic replaced Chinese as the official language of the rebel kingdom.<ref>
{{cite journal 
|last=Evans 
|first=Brian L. 
|date=March 1985 
|title=The Panthay Mission of 1872 and its Legacies 
|journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 
|volume=16 
|issue=1 
|pages=117–128 
|doi=10.1017/s0022463400012790 
|jstor=20070843
|s2cid=162316292 
}}</ref>

Published in 1844, ''The Chinese repository, Volume 13'' includes an account of an Englishman who stayed in the Chinese city of [[Ningbo]], where he visited the local mosque. The Hui running the mosque was from Shandong and descended from residents of the Arabian city of [[Medina]]. He was able to read and speak Arabic with ease, but was illiterate in Chinese, although he was born in China and spoke Chinese.<ref>
{{cite book
|url=
{{google books  |plainurl=y  |id=6wEMAAAAYAAJ |p=31}}
|title=The Chinese repository, Volume 13
|year=1844
|page=31
|access-date=8 May 2011
}}
</ref>