Countries
China
Total No. Of Countries
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
36
Rank: 18 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
rakhmat
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
birdam
Sorry
kachurung
Bye
Khayr khosh
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Turpan
Where They Speak
China
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Where They Speak
China
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
China
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00
Rank: 21 (Overall)
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
7
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %
Rank: 55 (Overall)
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0.01
400
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
ouïgour
German Name
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Origin
11
Language Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Language Position
98
Rank: 74 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Scope
-
ISO 639 1
ug
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
ISO 639 2/B
uig
ISO 639 3
uig
ISO 639 6
uig
Glottocode
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Language Morphological Typology
-