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Urdu and Uyghur


Uyghur and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
China  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
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
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
birdam  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
kachurung  

Bye
الوداع  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
India  
China  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
India  
China  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
China  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
اُردُو  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

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

French Name
ourdou  
ouïgour  

German Name
Urdu  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
11  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Uyghur  

Language Position
20  
18
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
uig  

ISO 639 3
urd  
uig  

ISO 639 6
urd  
uig  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Urdu and Uyghur Speaking population

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

Urdu and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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