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Uyghur and Chinese


Chinese and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
24   
19

How Many Consonants
27   
17
23   
13

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
16.00 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
98   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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