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Persian and Uyghur


Uyghur and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
China  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
سلام  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
متشکرم  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
لطفا  
birdam  

Sorry
متاسف  
kachurung  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
China  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
China  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
China  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
فارسی  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
persan  
ouïgour  

German Name
Persisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
11  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Persian  
Uyghur  

Language Position
23  
21
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
uig  

ISO 639 3
pes  
uig  

ISO 639 6
pers  
uig  

Glottocode
fars1254  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Persian and Uyghur Speaking population

Persian and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Uyghur on Persian vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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