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Uyghur vs Urdu


Urdu vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
36   
18
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
27   
17
40   
29

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   

Language Position
98   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Uyghur and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Urdu language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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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.

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