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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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