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Uyghur vs Chinese


Chinese vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
24  
19

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
birdam  
请 (Qǐng)  

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
China  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Wu  

Where They Speak
China  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Yue  

Where They Speak
China  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
ouïgour  
chinois  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Han  

History

Origin
11  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
98  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
chi  

ISO 639 3
uig  
zho  

ISO 639 6
uig  
zho  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Uyghur and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Chinese language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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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.

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