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Uyghur and Shona


Shona and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
46  
34

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Mhoro  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Mangwanani  

Please
birdam  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
kachurung  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
bye  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
China  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
China  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
China  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
ouïgour  
shona  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Shona people  

History

Origin
11  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
98  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed Shona  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
sna  

ISO 639 3
uig  
sna  

ISO 639 6
uig  
sna  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uyghur and Shona Speaking population

Uyghur and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Uyghur vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Shona Language Codes

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

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