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Uygur language

Uyghur
ئۇيغۇرچە  /  ئۇيغۇر تىلى
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Uyghur written in Perso-Arabic script
Pronunciation [ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Native to Xinjiang, China
Ethnicity Uyghur
Native speakers
25 million (2016)
Early forms
Karakhanid
Arabic (Uyghur alphabet)
Latin script
Cyrillic script
Official status
Official language in

 China

Regulated by Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Language codes
ISO 639-1 ug
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Glottolog uigh1240
Uyghur is spoken in northwest China
Geographical extent of Uyghur in China
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 China

The Uyghur or Uighur (/ˈwɡər/)language (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر تىلى, Уйғур тили, Uyghur tili, Uyƣur tili or ئۇيغۇرچە, Уйғурчә, Uygurche, Uyƣurqə), formerly known as Eastern Turki, is a Turkic language with 10 to 25 million speakers, spoken primarily by the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of Western China. Significant communities of Uyghur-speakers are located in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and various other countries have Uyghur-speaking expatriate communities. Uyghur is an official language of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and is widely used in both social and official spheres, as well as in print, radio, and television, and is used as a lingua franca by other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.


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