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Uyghur and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
China   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
27   
17
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
hallo   

Thank You
rakhmat   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
goeie more   

Please
birdam   
asseblief   

Sorry
kachurung   
jammer   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
Not Available   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
China   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
China   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
China   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
Afrikaans   

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

French Name
ouïgour   
afrikaans   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
11   
17th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
98   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
afr   

ISO 639 3
uig   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Uyghur and Afrikaans Speaking population

Uyghur and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Uyghur and Afrikaans on Uyghur vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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