Countries
China
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
China
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Selam
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
birdam
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
tschao
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
amharique
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Amharas
  
Origin
11
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Uyghur and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Amharic language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Amharic Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.