How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact overall?

1764 - present ca. 250 years

THe contact started with the relocation of both groups - Sibe and the Taranchi Uighurs - to the Ili valley of XInjiang. The Uighurs, the Sibe, and their contact,as well as the general situation in Northern XInjiang, is sensitive in itself. Given the political situation in current Xinjiang which puts in danger anyone just on the grounds of belonging to a minority group, as well as its unpredictability for future, all data concerning ethnic groups and their relationships should be treated as sensitive.

What is the overall time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction?

1800s - present

THe density of interatcions was different in different domains: While trade has been going on practically since the arrival of the groups to the area, for the domains of Labour and Knowledge the densiest contacts started after 1950s.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group peoples been forming families with each other for?

ca. 1800 - present (ca. 200 years)

Especially in the initial 100 years, Sibe men were banned from marrying Uighur women except from a closed group of Uighur soldiers in the Manchu army. On the other hand, Sibe considered Uighur women beautiful, which led to presumably not unfrequent cases of marriages not approved by the Sibe society.

What’s the time frame of densest contact between Focus Group and Neighbour Group as far as family formation is concerned?

ca. 200 years

Uighur-Sibe intermarrieages have been sporadically occuring during the whole period of the contact of these groups, with no period being significantly densier than others.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been involved in the knowledge domain together for?

ca. 100 years 1910s – present The contact in Domain Knowlegde is still ongoing though losing its linguistic relevance after 2017 due to the compulsory use of Chinese in schools, even outside classes.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the knowledge domain?

1949-present ca. 70 years

How long have Focus Group people and Neighbour Group people worked together for?

1764-present Contact in the domain of labour was going on until the recent past (at least 2017), though to a lesser degree towards the end of the period. The current situation is unclear.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the labour domain?

1920s-present ca.100 years

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact in the local community?

1764 -present The Sibe and the Uighur have still been in contact in the local community. The linguistic relevance of the contact has been lower since 2000 due to the growing influence of Chinese and a media of communication.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the local community?

ca. 1860s - present (ca. 150 years)

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people traded for?

1764-present (ca.250 years) Trade is still ongoing.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in trade?

1764 - ca. 1860s (ca. 100 years)

During this period Sibe have mainly traded with Uighur and Kazakh. Since 1860 trade with other groups (Chinese, Russian) increased. At present, Sibe have still been trading with all the neighboring groups.