Countries
China
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
China
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
Habari
Thank You
rakhmat
Asante
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Habari za asubuhi
Please
birdam
tafadhali
Sorry
kachurung
pole
Bye
Khayr khosh
bye
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Kachurung
Samahani
Dialect 1
Turpan
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
China
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Kimrima
Where They Speak
China
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Kimgao
Where They Speak
China
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
712
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
10.40 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
ouïgour
swahili
German Name
Uigurisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
11
6th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Swahili
Language Position
9821
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ug
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
swa
ISO 639 2/B
uig
swa
ISO 639 3
uig
swa
ISO 639 6
uig
swa
Glottocode
uigh1240
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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