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Uyghur vs 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
-  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

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  
25
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Hotan  

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
China  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
21

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 %  
22
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
27

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  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

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  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

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
tur  
uig  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Uyghur language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Uyghur Language History.

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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.

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