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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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