Countries
China
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3630
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2724
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
Ħello
Thank You
rakhmat
Grazzi
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Kif int?
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
birdam
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
kachurung
Skużani!
Bye
Khayr khosh
Ċaw
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Kachurung
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Turpan
Qormi
Where They Speak
China
Malta
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Żejtun
Where They Speak
China
Malta
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Not Present
Where They Speak
China
-
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
72
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Malti
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Malti
French Name
ouïgour
maltais
German Name
Uigurisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Maltese
Origin
11
c. 1470
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Maltese
Language Position
9825
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ug
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
uig
mlt
ISO 639 3
uig
mlt
ISO 639 6
uig
mlt
Glottocode
uigh1240
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic