Countries
China
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
China
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3632
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
915
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2717
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
hallo
Thank You
rakhmat
Dankie
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
goeie nag
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
goeie more
Please
birdam
asseblief
Sorry
kachurung
jammer
Bye
Khayr khosh
Totsiens
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Kachurung
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Turpan
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China
-
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hotan
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
China
-
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China
Namibia
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Cape Dutch
French Name
ouïgour
afrikaans
German Name
Uigurisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Afrikaners
Origin
11
17th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
9823
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ug
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
afr
ISO 639 2/B
uig
afr
ISO 639 3
uig
afr
ISO 639 6
uig
afrs
Glottocode
uigh1240
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic