Countries
China
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
China
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2741
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
rakhmat
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
birdam
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
kachurung
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Khayr khosh
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Kachurung
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Turpan
Pothohari
Where They Speak
China
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Saraiki
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Doabi
Where They Speak
China
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
730
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
10.40 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
ouïgour
pendjabi
German Name
Uigurisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Punjabis
Origin
11
1000 AD
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
9823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
ug
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
pan
ISO 639 2/B
uig
pan
ISO 639 3
uig
pan
ISO 639 6
uig
panj
Glottocode
uigh1240
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional