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Chinese and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
China  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
24  
19

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
birdam  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
kachurung  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
China  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Wu  

Where They Speak
China  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Yue  

Where They Speak
China  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

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

French Name
ouïgour  
chinois  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Han  

History

Origin
11  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
98  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
chi  

ISO 639 3
uig  
zho  

ISO 639 6
uig  
zho  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Uyghur and Chinese Speaking population

Uyghur and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Uyghur vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Chinese Language Codes

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

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