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Uyghur vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
27  
17
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Salom  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Hayirli tong  

Please
birdam  
Iltimos  

Sorry
kachurung  
Kechiring!  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Xayr  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
China  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
China  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
China  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
26.00 million  
31

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
ouïgour  
ouszbek  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
11  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Turkic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Uzbek  

Language Position
98  
99+
53  
38

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
uig  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Uyghur and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Uzbek language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries 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 Uzbek Language History.

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Uyghur and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Uzbek language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uyghur vs Uzbek Difficulty

The Uyghur vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.

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