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Uyghur and Turkish


Turkish and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
China  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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.  
Merhaba  

Thank You
rakhmat  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
günaydın  

Please
birdam  
lütfen  

Sorry
kachurung  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
China  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
China  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
China  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
ouïgour  
turc  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Turkish  

History

Origin
11  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
98  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
tur  

ISO 639 3
uig  
tur  

ISO 639 6
uig  
tur  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Uyghur and Turkish Speaking population

Uyghur and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Uyghur vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Turkish Language Codes

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

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