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Uyghur vs Swahili


Swahili vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
China  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
24  
6

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Habari  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Asante  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
birdam  
tafadhali  

Sorry
kachurung  
pole  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
bye  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
China  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
China  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
China  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Kiswahili  

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

French Name
ouïgour  
swahili  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
11  
6th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Swahili  

Language Position
98  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
swa  

ISO 639 3
uig  
swa  

ISO 639 6
uig  
swa  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Uyghur and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Swahili language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Swahili Difficulty

The Uyghur vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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