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Persian and Uyghur


Uyghur and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
China   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
متشکرم   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Not Available   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
لطفا   
birdam   

Sorry
متاسف   
kachurung   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
China   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
China   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
China   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
persan   
ouïgour   

German Name
Persisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
11   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Persian   
Uyghur   

Language Position
23   
19
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
uig   

ISO 639 3
pes   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Persian and Uyghur Speaking population

Persian and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Uyghur on Persian vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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