Countries
China
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
China
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3634
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2726
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
Salam
Thank You
rakhmat
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
chone tao?
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
jawáin sawáh
Please
birdam
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
kachurung
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Khayr khosh
bye
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Kachurung
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Turpan
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
China
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hotan
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
China
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Baluchi
French Name
ouïgour
baloutchi
German Name
Uigurisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
11
19th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Balochi
Language Position
9839
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ug
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
bal
ISO 639 2/B
uig
bal
ISO 639 3
uig
bal
ISO 639 6
uig
bal
Glottocode
uigh1240
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-