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Cantonese vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
28  
10
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
27  
17

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
谢谢  
rakhmat  

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!  

Please
请  
birdam  

Sorry
遗憾  
kachurung  

Bye
再见  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
我爱你  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
China  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
China  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
China  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
8.20 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
17th century  
11  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Uyghur  

Language Position
Not Available  
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

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  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Cantonese and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Uyghur language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Cantonese and Uyghur Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Uyghur Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.

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