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Uyghur vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
17  
14

How Many Consonants
27  
17
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
rakhmat  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Hach ch'i  

Please
birdam  
Not Available  

Sorry
kachurung  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
China  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
China  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
China  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
ouïgour  
kashmiri  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
11  
12th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
98  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
kas  

ISO 639 3
uig  
kas  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Uyghur and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Kashmiri language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century. 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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Uyghur and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Kashmiri language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uyghur vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Uyghur vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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