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Uyghur and Persian


Persian and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
China  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
سلام  

Thank You
rakhmat  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
صبح به خیر  

Please
birdam  
لطفا  

Sorry
kachurung  
متاسف  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
China  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
China  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
China  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
ouïgour  
persan  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Persian people  

History

Origin
11  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Persian  

Language Position
98  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
per  

ISO 639 3
uig  
pes  

ISO 639 6
uig  
pers  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Uyghur and Persian Speaking population

Uyghur and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Uyghur vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Persian Language Codes

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

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