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Urdu vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs 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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Urdu and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Uyghur language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Uyghur Language History.

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

Urdu vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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