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Countries

Countries

China

Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

China

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Interesting Facts

  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.

Similar To

Uzbek Language

Derived From

Gokturk Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

36
Rank: 18 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ässalamu läykum.

Thank You

rakhmat

How Are You?

Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?

Good Night

Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun

Good Evening

Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Good Afternoon

تۆنۈگۈن خەير

Good Morning

Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Please

birdam

Sorry

kachurung

Bye

Khayr khosh

I Love You

sizni yahshi kOrman

Excuse Me

Kachurung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Turpan

Where They Speak

China

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hotan

Where They Speak

China

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Lop Nur

Where They Speak

China

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.00
Rank: 21 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

7
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

10.40 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %
Rank: 55 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

25.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)

Alternative Names

Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga

French Name

ouïgour

German Name

Uigurisch

Pronunciation

[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]

Ethnicity

Uyghur

History

Origin

11

Language Family

Turkic Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki

Standard Forms

Uyghur

Language Position

98
Rank: 74 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Uyghur

Scope

-

Code

ISO 639 1

ug

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

uig

ISO 639 2/B

uig

ISO 639 3

uig

ISO 639 6

uig

Glottocode

uigh1240

Linguasphere

No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

-

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

-

Origin of Uyghur language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Uyghur language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Uyghur language states that it was put to use in 11. The history of Uyghur language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Uyghur Language History.The evolution of Uyghur language began with early forms such as Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki. Uyghur is the standard form of Uyghur language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Uyghur Language.

Uyghur population

Uyghur population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Uyghur language. Uyghur language is spoken by 10.40 million people in the world. Most of the Uyghur population lies in the Uyghur Speaking Countries. Uyghur language is spoken as first language by 8.20 million people and as second language by about 25.00 million people. Get to know Uyghur speaking population in detail.

Uyghur writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Uyghur writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Uyghur language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin script is used by Uyghur language. Learn more about . 

Information about Uyghur language

Check out all the information about Uyghur language here. You may find it interesting to learn Uyghur Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Uyghur Speaking Countries, Uyghur speaking continents and Uyghur Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Uyghur countries knowing common Uyghur Greetings will help you in communicating with Uyghur people.