More information on the Uighur language and people.
Uighur Supplements to the Perso-Arabic script | |||||
Letters | Transliteration | Pronunciation | |||
ng | nasal N, close to French bon or élan | ||||
v | V | ||||
a | long A, close to A in father | ||||
ä | short A, close to bad | ||||
o | long O, as in German Tod | ||||
u | short U, as in put | ||||
ö | close to vowel in French peu | ||||
ü | long yu sound in the French putain |
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e | short E in bet | ||||
i | short I in bit |
The
Uighur Vowels
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Vowel Conjunct | Elements | Examples | |
= | a | (abzas), (opera) | |
= | ä | (älvättä) | |
= | o | (opera), (pälto) | |
= | u | (uchush) | |
= | ö | (ölüm), (börä) | |
= | ü | (ümid), (ölüm) | |
= | e | (elektr) | |
= | i | (ikki) |
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