Countries
China
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
China
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Hawaii
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
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Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
您好
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
你好吗？
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
晚安
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
晚上好
Good Afternoon
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下午好
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
早上好
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
我爱你
Dialect 1
Turpan
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
China
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
China
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
China
Hong Kong
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
ouïgour
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German Name
Uigurisch
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Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
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Ethnicity
Uyghur
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Language Family
Turkic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
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ISO 639 1
ug
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
uig
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ISO 639 2/B
uig
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ISO 639 3
uig
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
uigh1240
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Uyghur and Cantonese 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 Uyghur and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Uyghur and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Uyghur are spoken in different Uyghur Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Uyghur vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Uyghur dialects include: Turpan, Hotan. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Uyghur and Cantonese Speaking population
Uyghur and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Uyghur and Cantonese on Uyghur vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Uyghur and Cantonese Language Codes
Uyghur and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Uyghur and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.