Uyghur Latin Yéziqi

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Uyghur Latin Yéziqi (ULY) is an auxiliary alphabet for the Uyghur language based on the Latin alphabet. Uyghur is primarily written in a script based on the Arabic abjad and sometimes in a script based on the Cyrillic alphabet.

Contents 1 Construction 2 Purpose 3 Public Reception 4 Comparison of orthographies 5 Text example 6 References 7 Footnotes 8 See also

[edit] Construction

The ULY project was finalized at Xinjiang University, Ürümchi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), People's Republic of China) in 2001-July, at the fifth conference of a series held there for that purpose that started in 2000-November..

[edit] Purpose

The creators of ULY strongly emphasized that “the proposed alphabet should not replace [the Persian-Arab Uyghur alphabet] nor should its introduction represent a new reform of the writing system. It is to be used solely in computer-related fields as an ancillary writing system”.^[1]

[edit] Public Reception

It had a heavy public relations presence on both the Internet and official Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region media but despite official efforts to play down the sense of a massive reform, ULY has acquired that connotation and the public seems wary of it. The importance of having one-to-one correspondence between both Latin and Arabic is noteworthy.

[edit] Comparison of orthographies

The different orthographies are compared as the following table.

Order	Uyghur Ereb Yéziqi(UEY)	Uyghur Latin Yéziqi (ULY)	Uyghur Siril Yéziqi (USY)	Uyghur Pinyin Yéziqi (UPNY)	IPA
01	ا/ئا	A a	А а	A a	/a/
02	ە/ئە	E e	Ə ә	Ə ə	/æ/
03	ب	B b	Б б	B b	/b/
04	پ	P p	П п	P p	/p/
05	ت	T t	Т т	T t	/t/
06	ج	J j	Җ җ	J j	/ʤ/
07	چ	Ch ch	Ч ч	Q q	/ʧ/
08	خ	X x	Х х	H h	/x/
09	د	D d	Д д	D d	/d/
10	ر	R r	Р р	R r	/r/
11	ز	Z z	З з	Z z	/z/
12	ژ	J j/Zh zh	Ж ж	Ⱬ ⱬ	/ʒ/
13	س	S s	С с	S s	/s/
14	ش	Sh sh	Ш ш	X x	/ʃ/
15	غ	Gh gh	Ғ ғ	Ƣ ƣ	/ʁ/
16	ف	F f	Ф ф	F f	/f/
17	ق	Q q	Қ қ	Ⱪ ⱪ	/q/
18	ك	K k	К к	K k	/k/
19	گ	G g	Г г	G g	/g/
20	ڭ	Ng ng	Ң ң	Ng ng	/ŋ/
21	ل	L l	Л л	L l	/l/
22	م	M m	М м	M m	/m/
23	ن	N n	Н н	N n	/n/
24	ھ	H h	Һ һ	Ⱨ ⱨ	/h/
25	و/ئو	O o	О о	O o	/o/
26	ۇ/ئۇ	U u	У у	U u	/u/
27	ۆ/ئۆ	Ö ö	Ө ө	Ɵ ɵ	/ø/
28	ۈ/ئۈ	Ü ü	Ү ү	Ü ü	/y/
29	ۋ	W w	Вв	W w/V v	/w,v/
30	ې/ئې	É é	Е е	E e	/e/
31	ى/ئى	I i	И и	I i	/i,ɨ/
32	ي	Y y	Й й	Y y	/j/

[edit] Text example

Here the example of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1) in Uyghur:

Example of writing in various Uyghur orthographies

Kona Yezik̡	ھەممە ئادەم زاتىدىنلا ئەركىن، ئىززەت-ھۆرمەت ۋە ھوقۇقتا بابباراۋەر بولۇپ تۇغۇلغان. ئۇلار ئەقىلغە ۋە ۋىجدانغا ئىگە ھەمدە بىر-بىرىگە قېرىنداشلىق مۇناسىۋىتىگە خاس روھ بىلەن مۇئامىلە قىلىشى كېرەك
Yengi Yezik̡	H̡əmmə adəm zatidinla ərkin, izzət-h̡ɵrmət wə hok̡uk̡ta babbarawər bolup tuƣulƣan. Ular ək̡ilƣə wə wijdanƣa igə h̡əmdə bir-birigə k̡erindaxlik̡ munasiwitigə hax roh bilən mu’amilə k̡ilixi kerək.
Cyrillic Uyghur	Һәммә адәм затидинла әркин, иззәт-һөрмәт вә һоқуқта баббаравәр болуп туғулған. Улар әқилғә вә виджданға игә һәмдә бир-биригә қериндашлиқ мунасивитигә хаш рох билән му’амилә қилиши керәк.
ULY	Hemme adem zatidinla erkin, izzet-huermet we hoquqta babbarawer bolup tughulghan. Ular eqilghe we wijdan'gha ige hemde bir-birige qeerindashliq munasiwitige xash rox bilen muamile qilishi keerek.
Turkish Uyghur	Hemme adem zatidinla erkin, izzet-hörmet we xoquqta babbarawer bolup tuğulğan. Ular eqilğe we wicdanğa ige hemde bir-birige qérindaşliq munasiwitige xaş rox bilen mu’amile qilişi kérek.
English	All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

[edit] References

• An Introduction to LSU

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ An Introduction to LSU, p. 5.

[edit] See also

• Uyghur Ereb Yéziqi
• Uyghur alphabet