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Uyghur and Greek


Greek and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
China   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
27   
17
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
rakhmat   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
birdam   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
kachurung   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
China   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Griko   

Where They Speak
China   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
China   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
ouïgour   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
11   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
98   
99+
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
gre   

ISO 639 3
uig   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Uyghur and Greek Speaking population

Uyghur and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Uyghur vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Greek Language Codes

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

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