Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
China
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
China
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
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Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
birdam
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
kachurung
  
Bye
tschao
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
China
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
amharique
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
13th century
  
11
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Uyghur language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Amharic vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.