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Uyghur vs Catalan


Catalan vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
China  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Spain  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

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
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Hola  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Gràcies  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Com estàs?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Bona nit  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Bona nit  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Bona tarda  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Bon dia  

Please
birdam  
Sisplau  

Sorry
kachurung  
Perdó!  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Adéu  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
T'estimo  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Dispensi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Caló  

Where They Speak
China  
France, Portugal, Spain  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
China  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Ribagorçan  

Where They Speak
China  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
5.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
català  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  

French Name
ouïgour  
catalan; valencien  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Katalanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Catalan people  

History

Origin
11  
c. 1028  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Old Catalan  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  

Language Position
98  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed Catalan  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
ca  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
cat  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
cat  

ISO 639 3
uig  
cat  

ISO 639 6
uig  
cat  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
stan1289  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
51-AAA-e  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Uyghur and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Catalan language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Uyghur and Catalan Language History.

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Uyghur and Catalan Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Uyghur and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Catalan language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uyghur vs Catalan Difficulty

The Uyghur vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Catalan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Uyghur and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.

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