Countries
China
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
China
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
South Africa
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Hello
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Morning
  
Please
birdam
  
Please
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
Bye
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
China
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
China
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
anglais
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
11
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Uyghur and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and English language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs English Difficulty
The Uyghur vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.