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
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
hallo
Ässalamu läykum.
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!
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
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 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
uigh1240
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
Afrikaans and Uyghur 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 Afrikaans and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Uyghur language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Afrikaans and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.