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In current usage, Uyghur refers to settled Turkic urban dwellers and farmers of the Tarim Basin and Ili who follow traditional Central Asian sedentary practices, as distinguished from nomadic Turkic populations in Central Asia.

However, the Chinese government has also designated as " Uyghur " certain peoples with significantly divergent histories and ancestries from the main group.

These include the Loplik people and the Dolan people, who are thought to be closer to the Oirat Mongols and the Kyrgyz.