Uyghur language
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| Uyghur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ئۇيغۇرچە / ئۇيغۇر تىلى | ||||
| Pronunciation | [ʔʊjˈʁʊrtʃɛ] | |||
| Native to | China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan | |||
| Native speakers | 8–11 million (2005–2007)[1][2] | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Writing system | Arabic-based script, in the past other Uyghur alphabets | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in | China (Xinjiang) | |||
| Regulated by | Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1 | ug | |||
| ISO 639-2 | uig | |||
| ISO 639-3 | uig | |||
Geographical extent of Uyghur in China
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Uyghur (ئۇيغۇرچە, Uyghurche),[3][4] formerly known as Eastern Turkish, is a Turkic language with 8 to 11 million speakers, spoken primarily by the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of Western China.
References [change]
- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- ↑ Dwyer, Arienne (2001), "Uyghur", in Garry, Jane; Rubino, Carl, Facts About the World's Languages, H. W. Wilson, pp. 12–13, ISBN 978-0-8242-0970-4
- ↑ In English, the name of the ethnicity and its language is spelled variously as Uyghur, Uighur, Uygur and Uigur, with the preferred spelling being Uyghur. Many English speakers pronounce it as /ˈwiː.ɡər/, though the native pronunciation is [ʔʊjˈʁʊr]. See Mair, Victor (13 July 2009). "A Little Primer of Xinjiang Proper Nouns". Language Log. http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1576. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ Its name in other languages in which it might be often referred to is as follows:
