Uyghur may refer to:
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Uyghurs
The Uyghurs; ; ; ; zh, s=, t=, p=Wéiwú'ěr, IPA: ( ), alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central Asia, Cent ...
, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia
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Uyghur language
The Uyghur or Uighur language (; , , , or , , , , CTA: Uyğurçä; formerly known as Eastern Turki), is a Turkic language written in a Uyghur Perso-Arabic script with 8-11 million speakers, spoken primarily by the Uyghur people in the Xi ...
, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs
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Uyghur alphabets, any of four systems used to write the language
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Uyghur Khaganate, a Turkic empire in the mid 8th and 9th centuries
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Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur Khaganate
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Uygur, Kulp
Uygur is a village in the Kulp District of Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province ( tr, Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır ku, Parêzgeha Amedê) is a province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km ...
, a village in Turkey
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Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
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Yugur
The Yugurs, Yughurs, Yugu (; Western Yugur: ''Sarïg Yogïr''; Eastern Yugur: ''Šera Yogor''), traditionally known as Yellow Uyghurs, are a Turko- Mongolic ethnic group and one of China's 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, consisting ...
, or Yellow Uyghur, another ethnic group of China
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Western Yugur language, the Turkic language spoken by the Yugur people and descending from Old Uyghur
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Eastern Yugur language, the Mongolic language spoken within the Yugur ethnic group
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Uygur (disambiguation) Uygur is a Turkish name, and may refer to:
* a common Turkish surname, see Uygur (name).
Places
* Uygur, Amasya, a town in the District of Amasya, Amasya Province, Turkey
* Uygur District, a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan
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