Countries
China
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
China
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Labrīt
  
Please
birdam
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Lettish
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
letton
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
11
  
1530
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Uyghur and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Latvian language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Latvian Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.