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Kazakh and Uyghur


Uyghur and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
China   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
birdam   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
kachurung   

Bye
bye   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
China   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
China   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
kazakh   
ouïgour   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
17th Century   
11   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Uyghur   

Language Position
93   
99+
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
uig   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Kazakh and Uyghur Speaking population

Kazakh and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Uyghur on Kazakh vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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