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Uyghur and Greek


Greek and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
China  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
27  
17
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
birdam  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
kachurung  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
China  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Griko  

Where They Speak
China  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
China  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
ouïgour  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
11  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
98  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
gre  

ISO 639 3
uig  
ell  

ISO 639 6
uig  
ells  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Uyghur and Greek Speaking population

Uyghur and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Uyghur vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Greek Language Codes

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

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