Uyghur language topic
Also known as
- Uyghur,
- Wiga,
- Uighuir,
- Uigur,
- Novouygur,
- Uyghuri,
- Uighur,
- Weiwuer,
- Uygur,
- Uiguir,
- more
Uyghur (ئۇيغۇرچە/Uyƣurqə/Уйғурчә, or ئۇيغۇر تىلى/Uyƣur tili/Уйғур тили) is a Turkic language spoken by the Uyghur people in Xinjiang (also called East Turkestan or Uyghurstan), formerly also “Sinkiang” and “Chinese Turkestan,” a Central Asian region administered by China. 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 "wEEger" (IPA: [ˈwi.ɡɚ]) but the...
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