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Uyghur vs Russian


Russian vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
China  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
birdam  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
kachurung  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
China  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
China  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
China  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Русский  

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

French Name
ouïgour  
russe  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Russians  

History

Origin
11  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
98  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed Russian  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
rus  

ISO 639 3
uig  
rus  

ISO 639 6
uig  
rus  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Uyghur and Russian Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Russian language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Russian Difficulty

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

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