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Uyghur and Santali


Santali and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Henda ho  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Boge Setak’  

Please
birdam  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
kachurung  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Hariau  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
China  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China  
-  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
ouïgour  
santal  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
11  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Santali  

Language Position
98  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
sat  

ISO 639 3
uig  
sat  

ISO 639 6
uig  
sat  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uyghur and Santali Speaking population

Uyghur and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. 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 Santali on Uyghur vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Santali Language Codes

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

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