Countries
China
India, Pakistan
National Language
China
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
rakhmat
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
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ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
birdam
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
kachurung
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Khayr khosh
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Kachurung
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Turpan
Pothohari
Where They Speak
China
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
ouïgour
pendjabi
German Name
Uigurisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
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Ethnicity
Uyghur
Punjabis
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Not Available
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
uigh1240
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
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Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Uyghur and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Punjabi language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.