Countries
China
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
China
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
سلام
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
birdam
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
persan
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Persian people
  
Origin
11
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Uyghur and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Persian language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Persian Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.