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Turkish and Uyghur


Uyghur and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
China   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
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   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Not Available   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
lütfen   
birdam   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
kachurung   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
China   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
China   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
China   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

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

French Name
turc   
ouïgour   

German Name
Türkisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
11   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Uyghur   

Language Position
19   
17
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
uig   

ISO 639 3
tur   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Turkish and Uyghur Speaking population

Turkish and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Uyghur on Turkish vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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