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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

China

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

China

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

1.7 Regulated By

Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.

1.9 Similar To

Uzbek Language

1.10 Derived From

Gokturk Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

36
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Ässalamu läykum.

3.2 Thank You

rakhmat

3.3 How Are You?

Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?

3.4 Good Night

Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun

3.5 Good Evening

Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

3.6 Good Afternoon

Not Available

3.7 Good Morning

Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

3.8 Please

birdam

3.9 Sorry

kachurung

3.10 Bye

Khayr khosh

3.11 I Love You

sizni yahshi kOrman

3.12 Excuse Me

Kachurung

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Turpan

4.1.1 Where They Speak

China

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Hotan

4.2.1 Where They Speak

China

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Lop Nur

4.3.1 Where They Speak

China

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

7
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

10.40 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.12 %
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga

5.3.4 French Name

ouïgour

5.3.5 German Name

Uigurisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]

5.5 Ethnicity

Uyghur

6 History

6.1 Origin

11

6.2 Language Family

Turkic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Uyghur

6.3.3 Language Position

98
Rank: 64 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Not Available

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

ug

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

uig

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

uig

7.3 ISO 639 3

uig

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

uigh1240

7.6 Linguasphere

No data Available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Not Available

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Uyghur language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Uyghur language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Uyghur language states that it was put to use in 11. The history of Uyghur language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Uyghur Language History.The evolution of Uyghur language began with early forms such as Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki. Uyghur is the standard form of Uyghur language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Uyghur Language.

Uyghur population

Uyghur population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Uyghur language. Uyghur language is spoken by 10.40 million people in the world. Most of the Uyghur population lies in the Uyghur Speaking Countries. Uyghur language is spoken as first language by 8.20 million people and no total count of people speaking Uyghur as second language. Get to know Uyghur speaking population in detail.

Uyghur writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Uyghur writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Uyghur language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin script is used by Uyghur language. Learn more about . 

Information about Uyghur language

Check out all the information about Uyghur language here. You may find it interesting to learn Uyghur Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Uyghur Speaking Countries, Uyghur speaking continents and Uyghur Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Uyghur countries knowing common Uyghur Greetings will help you in communicating with Uyghur people.