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Uyghur and Persian


Persian and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
China   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
سلام   

Thank You
rakhmat   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
صبح به خیر   

Please
birdam   
لطفا   

Sorry
kachurung   
متاسف   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
China   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
China   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
China   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
ouïgour   
persan   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Persian people   

History

Origin
11   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Persian   

Language Position
98   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
per   

ISO 639 3
uig   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Uyghur and Persian Speaking population

Uyghur and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Uyghur vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Persian Language Codes

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

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