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Uyghur vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
China   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
27   
17
43   
32

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
Molo   

Thank You
rakhmat   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
Molo   

Please
birdam   
Ndicela   

Sorry
kachurung   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
China   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
China   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
China   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
ouïgour   
xhosa   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
11   
16th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
98   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
xho   

ISO 639 3
uig   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Uyghur and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Xhosa language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Xhosa Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Xhosa Difficulty

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

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