However,because most ancestors of the Huis came from the Islamic countries in the Middle East,the Hui language has absorbed some Arabic and Persian words.

• 今天云南回族的通用语言是汉语,但由于云南回族的先民大多数来自中东伊斯兰国家,因此,阿拉伯语和波斯语词汇不可避免地融合在云南回族语言中。