Countries
China
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
China
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
Silaw
Thank You
rakhmat
Sipas
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Bayanit bash
Please
birdam
Bê zehmet
Sorry
kachurung
Bibûre
Bye
Khayr khosh
Be xêr çî
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Kachurung
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Turpan
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
China
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
10.40 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
ouïgour
kurde
German Name
Uigurisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Kurds
Origin
11
16th century CE
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Kurdish
Language Position
9814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ug
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
kur
ISO 639 2/B
uig
kur
ISO 639 3
uig
kur
ISO 639 6
uig
kur
Glottocode
uigh1240
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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