Countries
China
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
China
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Gokturk Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2731
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
Selam
Thank You
rakhmat
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
i'ndemin adäru
Please
birdam
i'bakwon
Sorry
kachurung
aznallehu
Bye
Khayr khosh
tschao
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Kachurung
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Turpan
Gondar
Where They Speak
China
Gondar
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Gojjami
Where They Speak
China
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Showa
Where They Speak
China
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
75
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
10.40 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
ouïgour
amharique
German Name
Uigurisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Amharas
Origin
11
13th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Amharic
Language Position
9855
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Signed Amharic
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ug
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
amh
ISO 639 2/B
uig
amh
ISO 639 3
uig
amh
ISO 639 6
uig
amh
Glottocode
uigh1240
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional