Countries
China
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
China
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
birdam
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
mongol
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
11
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available