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English vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
China  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

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
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Hello  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Good Morning  

Please
birdam  
Please  

Sorry
kachurung  
Sorry  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Bye  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
American English  

Where They Speak
China  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
China  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
China  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
English  

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

French Name
ouïgour  
anglais  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
English people  

History

Origin
11  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard English  

Language Position
98  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed English  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
eng  

ISO 639 3
uig  
eng  

ISO 639 6
uig  
engs  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Uyghur and English Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and English language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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Uyghur and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and English language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uyghur vs English Difficulty

The Uyghur vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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