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Uyghur vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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  
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

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

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
15  
12

How Many Consonants
27  
17
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
hallo  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Dankie  

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  

Please
birdam  
asseblief  

Sorry
kachurung  
jammer  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Not Available  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.30 million  
22

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  

History

Origin
11  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
98  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
afr  

ISO 639 3
uig  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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Uyghur and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Afrikaans language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Uyghur and Afrikaans Language History.

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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.

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