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Children learning the Uyghur language in the centre
| Hi, Hello: ياخشىمۇ، ياخشىمۇسىز [yaxshimusiz، yaxshimu] |
| What is your name?: ئېتىڭىز نىمە؟ ئىسمىڭىز نېمە؟ [ismingiz nëme? ëtingiz nëme?] |
| Nice to meet you: كۆرۈشكىنىمىزگە خۇشالمەن [körüshkinimizge xushalmen] |
| How are you?: قانداق ئەھۋالىڭىز؟ [qandaq ehwalingiz?] |
| I’m good, thanks: مەن ياخشى،رەھمەت سىزگە [men yaxshi,rehmet sizge] |
| And you?: سىزچۇ؟ [sizchu?] |
The name of this language is variously spelt Uigur, Uiguir, Uighuir, Uygur, Uighur, Uygur, Uyghur in English, and 维吾尔语 (Wéiwú’ěryǔ) in Mandarin Chinese. Native names of the language are written ئۇيغۇرچە / Уйғурчә / Uyghurche, or ئۇيغۇر تىلى / Уйғур тили / Uyghur tili. Uyghur is 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.
the Uyghur Arabic alphabet, Uyghur New Script, ALA-LC Uighur Romanization, and Uyghur Latin alphabet each has a total of 32 letters (if one included their digraphs, which are: ⟨ng⟩ in all three Latin-based alphabets; also ⟨ch⟩, ⟨gh⟩, ⟨sh⟩, & ⟨zh⟩ in ULY and ALA-CL, and in this last further ⟨kh⟩, as well as their vowels bearing
