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Uyghur vs Korean


Korean vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
China   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
21   
18

How Many Consonants
27   
17
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
rakhmat   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
birdam   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
kachurung   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
China   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
China   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
China   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
ouïgour   
coréen   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Koreans   

History

Origin
11   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
98   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
kor   

ISO 639 3
uig   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Uyghur and Korean Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Korean language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Korean Difficulty

The Uyghur vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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