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Kazakh vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs 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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Kazakh and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Uyghur language. History of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Uyghur Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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