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Uyghur vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
China  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
birdam  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
kachurung  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
China  

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

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
China  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
China  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Русский  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

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

French Name
russe  
ouïgour  

German Name
Russisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
11  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Uyghur  

Language Position
7  
7
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
uig  

ISO 639 3
rus  
uig  

ISO 639 6
rus  
uig  

Glottocode
russ1263  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Russian and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Uyghur language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Uyghur Language History.

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

Russian vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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