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1. The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
   - Uigur, Uygur
    
2. A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
   - Uigur, Uygur
    
3. The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China
   - Uigur, Uygur, Uighur language, Uigur language, Uygur language

Derived forms: Uighurs

Type of: script, Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar

Part of: Sinkiang, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Encyclopedia: Uighur