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Uyghur and Xhosa


Xhosa and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
27  
17
43  
32

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Molo  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Molo  

Please
birdam  
Ndicela  

Sorry
kachurung  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
China  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
China  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
China  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
ouïgour  
xhosa  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
11  
16th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
98  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
xho  

ISO 639 3
uig  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Uyghur and Xhosa Speaking population

Uyghur and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Uyghur vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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