Countries
South Africa
  
China
  
National Language
South Africa
  
China
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
asseblief
  
birdam
  
Sorry
jammer
  
kachurung
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
China
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
10.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
17th Century
  
11
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Uyghur
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Uyghur Speaking population
Afrikaans and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Uyghur on Afrikaans vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Uyghur Language Codes
Afrikaans and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.