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Greek and Uyghur


Uyghur and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
China  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
birdam  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
kachurung  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Greece  
China  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Griko  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Italy  
China  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
China  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
ouïgour  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
11  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Uyghur  

Language Position
74  
99+
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
uig  

ISO 639 3
ell  
uig  

ISO 639 6
ells  
uig  

Glottocode
gree1276  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Greek and Uyghur Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Uyghur Speaking population

Greek and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Uyghur on Greek vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Uyghur Language Codes

Greek and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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