Countries
China
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
China
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
birdam
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
China
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
China
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
China
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
chinois
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Han
  
Origin
11
  
1250 BC
  
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 Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Uyghur and Chinese Speaking population
Uyghur and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Uyghur vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Uyghur and Chinese Language Codes
Uyghur and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Uyghur and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.