Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
China
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 in
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Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
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!
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Turpan
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Hotan
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
German Name
Türkisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Language Family
Turkic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
uigh1240
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish 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 Turkish and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Uyghur language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Turkish vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.