Countries
China
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
China
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Czech Republic
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
birdam
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
11
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating