Countries
China
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
China
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
birdam
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
bye
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
11
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative