Countries
China
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
China
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
birdam
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
China
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
China
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
China
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
coréen
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Koreans
  
Origin
11
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative