Countries
China
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
China
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
birdam
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
آسف
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
arabe
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Arabs
  
Origin
11
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic