Countries
China
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
National Language
China
  
Russia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
спасибо(spasibo)
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Please
birdam
  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
извините(izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Olonets
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
276.00 million
  
6
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
166.00 million
  
8
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
110.00 million
  
7
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Русский
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Russki
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
russe
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Russisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Russians
  
Origin
11
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Standard Russian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
ru
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
rus
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
rus
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
rus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
russ1263
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
53-AAA-ea
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Uyghur and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Russian language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Russian Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.