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Urdu and Uyghur


Uyghur and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
China   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
40   
29
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
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Not Available   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
birdam   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
kachurung   

Bye
الوداع   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
India   
China   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
India   
China   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

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

French Name
ourdou   
ouïgour   

German Name
Urdu   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
11   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Uyghur   

Language Position
20   
18
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
uig   

ISO 639 3
urd   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Urdu and Uyghur Speaking population

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

Urdu and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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