Countries
China
  
Japan
  
National Language
China
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
birdam
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
China
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
japonais
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
11
  
1185
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Uyghur and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Japanese language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Japanese Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.