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Korean and Uyghur


Uyghur and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
China   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
27   
17

Scripts
Hangul   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
birdam   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
kachurung   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
China   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
China   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
coréen   
ouïgour   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
11   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Uyghur   

Language Position
12   
11
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
uig   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Korean and Uyghur Speaking population

Korean and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Uyghur on Korean vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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