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Greek and Uyghur


Uyghur and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
China   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Armenian   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
birdam   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
kachurung   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Greece   
China   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Italy   
China   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
ouïgour   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
11   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Uyghur   

Language Position
74   
99+
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
uig   

ISO 639 3
ell   
uig   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Greek 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 Greek and Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Uyghur Speaking population

Greek and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Uyghur on Greek vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Uyghur Language Codes

Greek and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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