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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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