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Swahili vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs 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.
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  • 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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Swahili and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Uyghur language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century 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 Swahili and Uyghur Language History.

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

Swahili vs Uyghur Difficulty

The Swahili vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.

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