Countries
China
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
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 in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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