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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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