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Uyghur and Cantonese


Cantonese and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
您好  

Thank You
rakhmat  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
晚安  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
下午好  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
早上好  

Please
birdam  
请  

Sorry
kachurung  
遗憾  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
再见  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
China  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
China  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
China  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
ouïgour  
Not Available  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Not Available  

History

Origin
11  
17th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
98  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
uig  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Uyghur and Cantonese Speaking population

Uyghur and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Uyghur vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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