Countries
China
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
China
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
birdam
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
11
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional