Uyghur Language: Facts for Translators

Uyghur (ug, uig) is a world language. Wikidata records about 10.4M speakers. It is written in Arabic script and Cyrillic script.

10.4M

Speakers

$0.12–0.28

Indicative rate / word

Translation guides

Rates for Uyghur translation

Uyghur falls in our lesser-diffused languages band: roughly $0.12–$0.28 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.

For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →

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From Wikipedia

Uyghur, formerly known as Turki or Eastern Turki, is a Turkic language of the Karluk branch, with 8 to 13 million native speakers. It is spoken primarily by the Uyghur people, most of whom live in what is now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of Western China. Apart from Xinjiang, significant communities of Uyghur speakers are also located in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, and various other countries. Uyghur is a lingua franca of Xinjiang; it is widely used in both social and official spheres, as well as in print, television, and radio. Other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang also use Uyghur as a common language.