Uyghur

Nationality Classification
维吾尔族 Uyghur
Secondary Nationality
柯尔克孜族 Kirghiz
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
维吾尔语
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Uyghur
ISO 639-3 Code
uig
Language Stock Classification
阿尔泰语系,突厥语族 Altaic, Turkic
Primary Province or Region
新疆维吾尔自治区 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Location (in China)
Throughout the Xinjiang Autonomous Region
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
8,399,393
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2000