Countries
Japan
  
China
  
National Language
Japan
  
China
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
birdam
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
kachurung
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
8.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
japonais
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
1185
  
11
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Uyghur language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Japanese vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.