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Uyghur vs Russian


Russian vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
China   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
China   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
China   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

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   

History

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   

Language Position
98   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Uyghur and Russian Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Russian language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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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.

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