{"id":106,"date":"2013-05-14T19:41:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T19:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/?p=106"},"modified":"2017-07-19T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T17:37:40","slug":"uyghur-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Uyghur Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Uyghur (\u0423\u0439\u0493\u0443\u0440 \/\u00a0\u0626\u06c7\u064a\u063a\u06c7\u0631)<\/h1>\n

Uyghur is a Turkic language with about 10 million speakers mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, and also in Afghanistan, Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, the USA and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n

Uyghur was originally written with the\u00a0Orkhon<\/a>\u00a0alphabet, a runiform script derived from or inspired by the\u00a0Sogdian<\/a>\u00a0script, which was ultimately derived from the\u00a0Aramaic<\/a>\u00a0script.<\/p>\n

Between the 8th and the 16th century, Uyghur was written with an alphabet derived fromSogdian<\/a>\u00a0known as\u00a0Old Uyghur<\/a>. Unlike Sogdian, which was written from right to left in horizontal lines, the Old Uyghur alphabet was written from left to right in vertical columns, or in other words, it was a version of Sogdian rotated 90\u00b0 to the left. Uyghur was also written with theSyriac<\/a>\u00a0alphabet, mostly in Christian documents.<\/p>\n

From the the 16th century until the early 20th century, Uyghur was written with a version of the Arabic alphabet known as ‘Chagatai’. During the 20th century a number of versions of the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets were adopted to write Uyghur in different Uyghur-speaking regions. However the Latin alphabet was unpopular and in 1987 the Arabic script was reinstated as the official script for Uyghur in China.<\/p>\n

The name of this language is variously spelt Uigur, Uiguir, Uighuir, Uygur, Uighur, Uygur, Uyghur or in Chinese, \u7ef4\u543e\u5c14\u8bed (W\u00e9iw\u00fa’\u011bry\u01d4).\u00a0Uyghur<\/strong>\u00a0is the preferred spelling in the Latin alphabet: this was confirmed at a conference of the Ethnic Languages and Script Committe of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region held in October 2006.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Old Uyghur alphabet<\/h2>\n

Most of the Old Uyghur letters have different shapes depending on their position in a word. The initial shapes are used at the beginning of words, the medial shapes in the middle, and the final shapes at the ends of words.<\/p>\n

\"Old<\/p>\n

Arabic alphabet for Uyghur (\u0626\u06c7\u064a\u063a\u06c7\u0631 \u0626\u06d0\u0644\u0649\u067e\u0628\u06d5\u0633\u0649)<\/h2>\n

\"Arabic<\/p>\n

Cyrillic alphabet for Uyghur (\u0443\u0439\u0493\u0443\u0440 \u0435\u043b\u0438\u043f\u0431\u04d9\u0441\u0438)<\/h2>\n

\"Cyrillic<\/p>\n

Latin alphabets for Uyghur (uyghur \u00e9lipbesi)<\/h2>\n

There is no standard or official Latin alphabet for Uyghur: this version, known as\u00a0Yengi Yezik<\/em>\u00a0orYe\u014bi Yeziq<\/em>\u00a0(New Writing) was used between 1969 and 1987.<\/p>\n

\"Yengi<\/p>\n

This is the Uyghur Latin Y\u00e9ziq (ULY), which was introduced between November 2000 and July 2001 at five conferences were held at Xinjiang University in Urumchi. It is intended to be a unified Latin script for Uyghur.<\/p>\n

\"Uyghur<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.uyghurensemble.co.uk\/en-html\/uy-language.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sample texts in Uyghur<\/h2>\n

Arabic alphabet (Uyghur Ereb Y\u00e9ziqi)<\/h3>\n

\"Sample<\/p>\n

Cyrillic alphabet (Uyghur Siril Y\u00e9ziqi)<\/h3>\n

\u04ba\u0435\u043c\u043c\u0435 \u0430\u0434\u0435\u043c \u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0434\u0438\u043d\u043b\u0430 \u0435\u0440\u043a\u0438\u043d, \u0438\u0437\u0437\u0435\u0442-\u04bb\u04e9\u0440\u043c\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u0435 \u04bb\u043e\u049b\u0443\u049b\u0442\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u043f\u0431\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0440 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0443\u043f \u0442\u0443\u0493\u0443\u043b\u0493\u0430\u043d. \u0423\u043b\u0430\u0440 \u0435\u049b\u0438\u043b\u0433\u0435 \u0432\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0439\u0434\u0430\u043d’\u0493\u0430 \u0438\u0433\u0435 \u04bb\u0435\u043c\u0434\u0435 \u0431\u0438\u0440-\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0435 \u049b\u044d\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0448\u043b\u0438\u049b \u043c\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0433\u0435 \u0445\u0430\u0441 \u0440\u043e\u04bb \u0431\u0438\u043b\u0435\u043d \u0431\u0438\u043b\u0435\u043d \u043c\u0443\u0430\u043c\u0438\u043b \u049b\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0438 \u043a\u044d\u0440\u0435\u043a.<\/p>\n

Latin alphabet (Uyghur Yengi Yezik)<\/h3>\n

H\u0321\u0259mm\u0259 ad\u0259m zatidinla \u0259rkin, izz\u0259t-h\u0321\u0275rm\u0259t w\u0259 hok\u0321uk\u0321ta babbaraw\u0259r bolup tu\u01a3ul\u01a3an. Ular \u0259k\u0321il\u01a3\u0259 w\u0259 wijdan\u01a3a ig\u0259 h\u0321\u0259md\u0259 bir-birig\u0259 k\u0321erindaxlik\u0321 munasiwitig\u0259 hax roh bil\u0259n mu\u2019amil\u0259 k\u0321ilixi ker\u0259k.<\/p>\n

Latin alphabet (Uyghur Latin Y\u00e9ziq)<\/h3>\n

Hemme adem zatidinla erkin, izzet-h\u00f6rmet we hoquqta babbarawer bolup tughulghan. Ular eqilghe we wijdan’gha ige hemde bir-birige q\u00e9rindashliq munasiwitige xas roh bilen muamile qilishi k\u00e9rek.<\/p>\n

Translation<\/h3>\n

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
\n(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sample text in Uyghur (Arabic alphabet)<\/h2>\n

\"Sample<\/p>\n

Transliteration<\/h3>\n

Hey, p\u00e9qir uyghur, oyghan, uyqung y\u00e9ter,
\nSende mal yoq, emdi ketse jan k\u00e9ter.
\nBu \u00f6l\u00fcmdin \u00f6zengni qutqazmisang,
\nAh, s\u00e9ning haling xeter, haling xeter.<\/p>\n

Translation<\/h3>\n

Hey, poor Uyghur, wake up, you have slept long enough,
\nYou have nothing, what is now at stake is your very life.
\nIf you don’t rescue yourself from this death,
\nAh, your end will be looming, your end will be looming.
\nPart of\u00a0\u0626\u0648\u064a\u063a\u0627\u0646!\u00a0\/ Oyghan! (Wake up), a poem by Abduxaliq Uyghur<\/em><\/p>\n

The complete poem with English and French translations can be found at:http:\/\/www.oyghan.com\/oyghan.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Longer sample text<\/a>\u00a0(Tower of Babel)<\/p>\n

\"books\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Uyghur language learning materials<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uyghur (\u0423\u0439\u0493\u0443\u0440 \/\u00a0\u0626\u06c7\u064a\u063a\u06c7\u0631) Uyghur is a Turkic language with about 10 million speakers mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, and also in Afghanistan, Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, the USA and Uzbekistan. Uyghur was originally written with the\u00a0Orkhon\u00a0alphabet, a runiform script derived from or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uyghurs-language-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}