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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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