Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China
National Language
China, Taiwan
China
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
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Uzbek Language
Derived From
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Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
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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 (Nín hǎo)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
rakhmat
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
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Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
kachurung
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Khayr khosh
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Turpan
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
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Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
chinois
ouïgour
German Name
Chinesisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
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[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
uigh1240
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese 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 Chinese and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Uyghur language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Chinese vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.