Countries
China
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
China
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Habari
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
birdam
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
pole
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
bye
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
swahili
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
11
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Uyghur and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Swahili language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Swahili Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.