What foreign language is Uighur associated with?

Similar to Uzbek, Uyghur belongs to Altai-Turkic-Grolu branch. Followed by languages like Kazakh, Kirgiz, Tatar and Turkish.

Historical development of Uyghur language;

1, ancient Turkic

Ancient Turkic language is the basis of ancient Uygur language. Although there was no obvious difference between Turkic languages in the ancient Turkic language era, many characteristics of Uygur language at that time continued to modern times. In this era, the Uighurs used ancient Turkic.

2. Ancient Uighur (Uyghur)

The ancient Uighur language (Uyghur) is the written language of Uighurs formed after the 8th century A.D.. The ancient Uyghur language belongs to Altai language family, Turkic language family and Lu Lu language family, and its documents and books are represented by the Grand Dictionary of Turkic Language, Fule Wisdom and many documents in Turpan and Dunhuang.

3. Chagatai Uighur

The Uyghur language in Chagatai is also called modern Uyghur. But the common name is Chagatai. From the era of 13 to the 20th century, the Uighur language in Chagatai has been widely used for more than 600 years. The Uyghur language in Chahetai is not only the literary language of Uyghur, but also the language used by many ethnic groups. Then use Arabic letters instead.

4. Modern Uygur language

Modern Uighur is the language used by modern Uighurs. Modern Uyghur language is divided into three dialects: Central Dialect, Hotan Dialect and Luobu Dialect. The main differences among the three dialects are phonetics. Modern Uighur written language is formed and developed on the basis of the central dialect represented by the phonological system of Urumqi dialect. After many times of standardization, modern Uighur literary language (that is, standardized written language) has become the unified language used by modern Uighurs.