Uyghur language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Uyghur
Uighur ئۇيغۇرچە / ئۇيغۇر تىلى
Uyghur written in Perso-Arabic script
Pronunciation
Native to	Xinjiang, China
Ethnicity	Uyghur
Native speakers	25 million  (2016)e18
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Uyghur
Early forms:	Karakhanid Chagatai Eastern Turki Uyghur
Writing system	Arabic (official, Uyghur alphabet) Latin Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in	China Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Regulated by	Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Geographical extent of Uyghur in China
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Uyghur (ئۇيغۇرچە, Uyghurche; 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. There are several writing systems used to write Uyghur. While Uyghurs usually use the Uyghur alphabet, an alphabet based on the Arabic alphabet, there are also two Latin and one Cyrillic alphabet that can be used to write Uyghur.

Images for kids

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  A signboard in front of the Military Museum of Xinjiang written in Uyghur (using Arabic script) and Standard Chinese

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  Internet café in Khotan oasis city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Address written in Uyghur with the Arabic script.

See also

In Spanish: Idioma uigur para niños