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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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