Countries
China
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
China
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Hawaii
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
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Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
您好
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
你好吗？
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
晚安
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
晚上好
Good Afternoon
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下午好
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
早上好
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
我爱你
Dialect 1
Turpan
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
China
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
China
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
China
Hong Kong
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
ouïgour
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German Name
Uigurisch
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Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
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Ethnicity
Uyghur
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Language Family
Turkic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
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ISO 639 1
ug
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
uig
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ISO 639 2/B
uig
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ISO 639 3
uig
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
uigh1240
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Uyghur and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Cantonese language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.