Countries
China
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
China
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
India
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Uzbek Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-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.
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
birdam
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
China
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
China
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
China
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Bihari
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
11
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Uyghur and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Urdu language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Urdu Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.