Countries
China
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.