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Uyghur and Somali


Somali and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
China  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Hello  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
birdam  
Fadlan  

Sorry
kachurung  
sorry  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
China  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
China  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
China  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
ouïgour  
somali  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Somalis  

History

Origin
11  
19th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Somali  

Language Position
98  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
som  

ISO 639 3
uig  
som  

ISO 639 6
uig  
som  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
soma1255  

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

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Uyghur and Somali Speaking population

Uyghur and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Uyghur vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Somali Language Codes

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

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