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Uyghur vs Urdu


Urdu vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
India  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
27  
17
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
rakhmat  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
birdam  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
kachurung  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
الوداع  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
China  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
China  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
China  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
اُردُو  

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

French Name
ouïgour  
ourdou  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
11  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
98  
99+
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
urd  

ISO 639 3
uig  
urd  

ISO 639 6
uig  
urd  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Uyghur and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Urdu language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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