Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
China
National Language
China, Guangdong
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Not Available
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
您好
Ässalamu läykum.
How Are You?
你好吗？
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
晚安
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
晚上好
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
下午好
Not Available
Good Morning
早上好
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
I Love You
我爱你
sizni yahshi kOrman
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Turpan
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
China
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
Not Available
ouïgour
German Name
Not Available
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Uyghur
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data available
ug
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
uig
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
uig
ISO 639 3
No data available
uig
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Not Available
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Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
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Cantonese and Uyghur Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cantonese and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Uyghur language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Uyghur Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cantonese and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.