Countries
China
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.