Countries
China
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
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 in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.