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Uyghur and Urdu


Urdu and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
China   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
India   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
27   
17
40   
29

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
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
rakhmat   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
birdam   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
kachurung   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
الوداع   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
China   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
China   
India   

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
China   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
اُردُو   

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

French Name
ouïgour   
ourdou   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Not Available   

History

Origin
11   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
98   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
urd   

ISO 639 3
uig   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Uyghur and Urdu Speaking population

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

Uyghur and Urdu Language Codes

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

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