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Swahili and Uyghur


Uyghur and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
China   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
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
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
Asante   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
tafadhali   
birdam   

Sorry
pole   
kachurung   

Bye
bye   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
nakupenda   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
China   

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
China   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

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

French Name
swahili   
ouïgour   

German Name
Swahili   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
6th century   
11   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Uyghur   

Language Position
Not Available   
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
uig   

ISO 639 3
swa   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Swahili and Uyghur Speaking population

Swahili and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Uyghur on Swahili vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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