Countries
China
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Kachurung
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
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
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]
Language Family
Turkic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
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Turkic
Branch
Not Available
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
uigh1240
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
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.