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Uzbek vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
rakhmat  

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

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
Iltimos  
birdam  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
kachurung  

Bye
Xayr  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Sizni sevaman  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China  

Dialect 2
Afghan  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China  

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
34
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
8.20 million  
99+

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

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

French Name
ouszbek  
ouïgour  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
11  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
Uyghur  

Language Position
53  
38
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
uig  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
uig  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Uzbek and Uyghur Language History

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

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

Uzbek vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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