It's true that language is a great way to examine the movement and spread of varying ethnic groups around a particular area - trends in immigration and emigration can be seen just from mapping out where particular dialects have been spread. Definitely a great way to trace the movement of the varying Muslim minority groups throughout China
It'll also be interesting to see how much of an impact, if any, the Silk Road had in bringing and spreading Islam into China. Although it's been said that Islam came to China during the Prophet's time, I would assume that during the peak point of the Silk Road's use is when a greater degree of influence came into China via merchants
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