Children and young adults (below 30) tend to use Mandarin or Kazakh in most domains (including home) though they might be capable of speaking Sinkiang Dagur. Older adults and elders use Sinkiang Dagur in most non-official domains when speaking to each other.

Medium of instruction is Mandarin or Kazakh. Higher educated people and males who are in contact with other linguistic groups use Sinkiang Dagur less often.

There is no reliable information, but the language is possibly still being learnt by some children.

Degree of speakers' competence: in many cases reportedly fluent, but under the influence of neighbouring idioms; there is widespread multilingualism in Kazakh, Uigur, Chinese, and other languages