Countries
China
South Africa
National Language
China
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
hallo
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
goeie nag
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
goeie more
Bye
Khayr khosh
Not Available
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Kachurung
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Turpan
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hotan
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
China
Not Available
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Cape Dutch
French Name
ouïgour
afrikaans
German Name
Uigurisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Afrikaners
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
uigh1240
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Uyghur and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Uyghur and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Afrikaans language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Uyghur and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.