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English vs Uyghur


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

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

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

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
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

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   

History

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   

Language Position
98   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Uyghur and English Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and English language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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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.

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