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Uyghur and Punjabi


Punjabi and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
36   
18
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
27   
17
41   
30

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
1.44 %   
11

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   

History

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
98   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Not Available   
Not Available   

Code

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   

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

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Uyghur and Punjabi Speaking population

Uyghur and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Uyghur vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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