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Korean and Uyghur


Uyghur and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
China  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
-  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
27  
17

Scripts
Hangul  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
birdam  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
kachurung  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
China  

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

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
China  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
China  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
coréen  
ouïgour  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
11  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Uyghur  

Language Position
12  
11
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
uig  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
uig  

ISO 639 6
kor  
uig  

Glottocode
kore1280  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Korean 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 Korean and Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Uyghur Speaking population

Korean and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Uyghur on Korean vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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