Editing Santa language (section)

{{Short description|Mongolic language of Northwest China}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Santa
| nativename       = {{lang|sce|Dunxian kielen}}, {{lang|sce|Sarta kelen}}{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
| states           = [[China]]
| region           = [[Gansu]] (mainly [[Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture]]) and [[Xinjiang]] ([[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture]]){{sfnp|Bao|2006}}
| speakers         = 200,000
| date             = 2007
| ref              = e18
| familycolor      = Altaic
| fam1             = [[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]
| fam2             = Southern Mongolic
| fam3             = [[Shirongol languages|Shirongol]]
| fam4             = Baoanic
| script           = [[Arabic script|Arabic]], [[Latin script|Latin]]
| iso3             = sce
| glotto           = dong1285
| glottorefname    = Dongxiang
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Santa is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
| altname          = Dongxiang
}}

The '''Santa language''', also known as '''Dongxiang''' ({{lang-zh|s=东乡语 |t=東鄉語 |p=Dōngxiāngyǔ}}), is a [[Mongolic languages|Mongolic language]] spoken by the [[Dongxiangs|Dongxiang people]] in [[Northwest China]].