Countries
China
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
China
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Hello
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
birdam
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
sorry
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
somali
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Somalis
  
Origin
11
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Uyghur and Somali Speaking population
Uyghur and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Somali on Uyghur vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Uyghur and Somali Language Codes
Uyghur and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Uyghur and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.