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Russian vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
China   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
birdam   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
kachurung   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
China   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
China   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
russe   
ouïgour   

German Name
Russisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
11   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Uyghur   

Language Position
7   
7
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
uig   

ISO 639 3
rus   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Russian and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Uyghur language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Uyghur Language History.

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

Russian vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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