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Uyghur and Kazakh


Kazakh and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
China  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
birdam  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
kachurung  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
bye  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
ouïgour  
kazakh  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
11  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Kazakh  

Language Position
98  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
uig  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
uig  
kaz  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Uyghur and Kazakh Speaking population

Uyghur and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Uyghur vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Kazakh Language Codes

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

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