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Language code: uig

Technical information about ISO 639 language code uig

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The table below provides technical details for the Uighur, Uyghur language, designated by the uig code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

uig

Name

Official

Uighur, Uyghur

Native

Уйғур тили

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
CentralHotanLopnorTaranchi
Related languages
UzbekIli TurkiÄynuKyrgyz
Key facts
Written in three scripts—Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic—depending on contextPart of the Karluk branch of Turkic and shares roughly 70 % basic vocabulary with UzbekExhibits vowel harmony but has additional front vowels influenced by Persian loansHeavy lexical borrowing from Persian, Arabic and modern Chinese termsIntegral to the 12 Muqam tradition, a UNESCO-listed musical heritage where lyrics are sung in Uyghur.
Sample phrase

ياخشىمۇسىز، قانداق ئەھۋالىڭىز؟

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Uighur, Uyghur language, identified by the code uig, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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