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Malaysian vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
China  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
terima kasih  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
sila  
birdam  

Sorry
maaf  
kachurung  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
China  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Musi  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
malais  
ouïgour  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
11  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Uyghur  

Language Position
54  
99+
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
uig  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
uig  

ISO 639 6
may  
uig  

Glottocode
stan1306  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Uyghur language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Uyghur Language History.

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Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Uyghur language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Uyghur Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.

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