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Uyghur

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Countries

Countries

China
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

China
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

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.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Uzbek Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Gokturk Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

928
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2727
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ässalamu läykum.
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

rakhmat
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

تۆنۈگۈن خەير
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

birdam
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

kachurung
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Khayr khosh
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

sizni yahshi kOrman
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Kachurung
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Turpan
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

China
Laos

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hotan
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

China
Laos

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Lop Nur
Central Lao

Where They Speak

China
Laos

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

76
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

10.40 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

25.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

ouïgour
lao

German Name

Uigurisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Uyghur
Lao people

History

Origin

11
1283 CE

Language Family

Turkic Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Uyghur
Lao

Language Position

9843
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Uyghur
Lao Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ug
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

uig
lao

ISO 639 2/B

uig
lao

ISO 639 3

uig
lao

ISO 639 6

uig
lao

Glottocode

uigh1240
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

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Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Uyghur and Lao Alphabets

Uyghur and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Uyghur and Lao. In Uyghur Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Uyghur and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Uyghur and Lao languages. The Uyghur phonology consist Uyghur vowels and Uyghur consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Uyghur greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Uyghur and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Uyghur and Lao Speaking population

Uyghur and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Uyghur vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Lao Language Codes

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