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Uyghur and Swahili


Swahili and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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.
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Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
China  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
China  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
China  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
75.00 million  
14

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  

History

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
98  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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

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Uyghur and Swahili Speaking population

Uyghur and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Uyghur vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Swahili Language Codes

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

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