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Uyghur vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
China  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
birdam  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
kachurung  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
bye  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China  
Kazakhstan  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
ouïgour  
kazakh  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
11  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Turkic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Kazakh  

Language Position
98  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
uig  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Uyghur and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Kazakh language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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