Countries
China
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
China
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
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Derived From
Gokturk Language
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Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
rakhmat
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
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下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sorry
kachurung
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Khayr khosh
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Kachurung
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Turpan
Mandarin
Where They Speak
China
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
China
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
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French Name
ouïgour
chinois
German Name
Uigurisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
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Language Family
Turkic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
uigh1240
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
79-AAA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Uyghur and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Chinese language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Chinese Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.