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Uyghur and Turkish


Turkish and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
China   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
Merhaba   

Thank You
rakhmat   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
günaydın   

Please
birdam   
lütfen   

Sorry
kachurung   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
China   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
China   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
China   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
ouïgour   
turc   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Turkish   

History

Origin
11   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
98   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
tur   

ISO 639 3
uig   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
44-AAB-a   

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

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Uyghur and Turkish Speaking population

Uyghur and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Uyghur vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Turkish Language Codes

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

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