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Mongolian vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
China  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
27  
17

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
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
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
birdam  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
kachurung  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
China  

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
China  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
China  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
mongol  
ouïgour  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
11  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Uyghur  

Language Position
Not Available  
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
uig  

ISO 639 3
mon  
uig  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Mongolian and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Uyghur language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 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 Mongolian and Uyghur Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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