Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
China
National Language
China, Guangdong
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Not Available
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
您好
Ässalamu läykum.
How Are You?
你好吗？
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
晚安
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
晚上好
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
下午好
Not Available
Good Morning
早上好
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
I Love You
我爱你
sizni yahshi kOrman
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Turpan
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
China
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
Not Available
ouïgour
German Name
Not Available
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Uyghur
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data available
ug
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
uig
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
uig
ISO 639 3
No data available
uig
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Not Available
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Cantonese and Uyghur Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Uyghur Speaking population
Cantonese and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Uyghur on Cantonese vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Uyghur Language Codes
Cantonese and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.