uygur

English Thesaurus

1. the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	script,
definition	:	a particular orthography or writing system (noun.communication)

2. the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	turki, turkic, turkic language, turko-tatar,
definition	:	a subfamily of Altaic languages (noun.communication)

3. a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas (noun.person)

hypernym	:	turki,
definition	:	any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language (noun.person)

member meronym	:	sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous region,
definition	:	an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people (noun.location)