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Uyghur phrasebook

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Uyghur (ئۇيغۇرچە/Uyƣurqə/уйғурчә) is mostly spoken in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwestern China, with further native speakers numbering about 30,000 found in neighbouring Kazakhstan.

[edit] Pronunciation guide

Uyghur pronunciation is fairly straightforward except for the sounds "gh" and "kh" which might need some practice.

[edit] Vowels

[edit] Consonants

[edit] Common digraphs

[edit] Basics

Common signs

OPEN 
Open
CLOSED 
Closed
ENTRANCE 
Entrance
EXIT 
PUSH 
Push
PULL 
Pull
TOILET 
ۅاجەتانا
MEN 
ئەرلار
WOMEN 
ئايالار
FORBIDDEN 
مەنئى قىلىنعان
Hello. (Greeting) 
Ässalamu läykum. (Ahss-al-ah-mu lahy-kum)
Hello. (Answering) 
Wä'äläykum ässalam. (Wah ah-lay-kum ahs-ah-lahm)
How are you? 
Yakshimasiz?
How are you? 
Qandaq ahwalingiz? (?)
Fine, thank you. 
Yakhshi. (')
Thank you. 
Rakhmat.
Goodbye. 
Hosh.

[edit] Numbers

One - bir Two - ekki Three - uch Four - tot Five - besh Six - alti Seven - yeti Eight - seggiz Nine - togguz Ten - on Twenty - yigirma Thirty - otuz Forty - kirk Fifty - eluk Sixty- atmish Seventy - yetimis Eighty - seksen Ninety - tokson One Hundred - yuz One Thousand - ming

[edit] Useful Phrases

How much is it? 
Bu kancha pul?
How do we get to... ? 
....ge kandak mangimiz?
When? 
kachan?
Who? 
Kim?
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