compared to the local people - from the development that occurs there. An example of such incentives is seen in the case of East Turkestan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China). The Chinese government offers economic and social benefits to Han Chinese to encourage them to resettle to the region. National legal provisions implemented in 2005 provide Han Chinese settlers and their dependents with "preferential" working and living conditions and "special treatment in employment and schooling." Minority groups are also economically disadvantaged by the mass migration of dominant groups to their areas because this resettlement often results in the marginalization of the minority groups' languages. The minority group's language is replaced with the dominant group's language as the area's lingua franca and as the primary language for employment in the region. An example of this phenomenon is shown in the Montagnard '(Degar) regions of Vietnam. As the majority Kinh have massively resettled to these areas over the past several decades, the Kinh language has become the dominant language for development and employment in these areas and Degar Montagnards, who either do -not speak Kinh or are not native speakers of Kinh, are poorly placed to gai,n employment and benefit from the development. Furthermore, with the massive resettlement of Han Chinese to East Turkestan, Mandarin has become the primary language of employment in the region. Uyghurs who do not speak Mandarin have become almost entirely ineligible for state employment and all Uyghurs, even those who speak Mandarin, are disadvantaged for virtually all jobs compared to the settlers who are native speakers of Mandarin. Besides the minority .group members facing linguistic barriers,