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* [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/keyboards/kbdughr1 Uyghur Keyboard by Microsoft]
 
* [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/keyboards/kbdughr1 Uyghur Keyboard by Microsoft]
 
* [http://kbdlayout.info/KBDUGHR1/ Uyghur Keyboard on Keyboard Layout]  
 
* [http://kbdlayout.info/KBDUGHR1/ Uyghur Keyboard on Keyboard Layout]  
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(These are copyrighted materials by Microsoft Corporation.Usage are allowed only for non-commercial use and with copyright notice attached. [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/termsofuse Terms and Conditions])  
  
 
- Uyghur Spell and Grammar Checker:
 
- Uyghur Spell and Grammar Checker:
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- Uyghur Alphabet and Scripts Converter:
 
- Uyghur Alphabet and Scripts Converter:
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* [https://cis.temple.edu/~anwar/code/latin2uyghur.html Latin to Uyghur Alphabet Converter by Temple University]
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* [https://cis.temple.edu/~anwar/code/latin2uyghur.html Latin to Uyghur Alphabet Converter by Temple University] (There are no specific terms stated on the website, but since it is on the Temple University database, it may requires Temple University's permission for usage.)
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* [https://github.com/neouyghur/Uyghur-Multi-Script-Converter Uyghur-Multi-Script Converter by neouyghur]
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* [https://github.com/neouyghur/Uyghur-Multi-Script-Converter Uyghur-Multi-Script Converter by neouyghur] (This is under Apache 2.0 License - Usage is allowed)
  
 
- Machine Translation Units:
 
- Machine Translation Units:
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* [https://machinetranslate.org/uyghur#machine-translation Information of Machine Translation APIs for Uyghur by Machine Translate].
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:- Machine translation APIs that supports Uyghur:
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: The article mentioned 6 different machine translation APIs that supports Uyghur. However, a lot of these requires a subscription/payment for their services.
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# [https://translator.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Translator] (Under Copyright by Microsoft Corporation and requires payment)
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# [https://translator.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Translator]
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# [https://lingvanex.com/ LingvaNex] (Under Copyright by LingvaNex and requires payment)
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# [https://lingvanex.com/ LingvaNex]
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# [https://www.modernmt.com/ ModernMT] (Under Copyright License by ModernMT and requires payment)
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# [https://www.neuralspace.ai/ NeuralSpace]
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# [https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&op=translate Google Translate] (Under Google's [https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en Terms and Conditions], we can use freely for non-commercial use.]
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# [https://www.modernmt.com/ ModernMT]
 
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# [https://fanyi.baidu.com/mtpe-individual/multimodal#/ Baidu Translate] (We could not find Uyghur on the site)
 
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# [https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&op=translate Google Translate]
 
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:- The article also mentioned 2 different Quality Estimation APIs
 
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# [https://www.taus.net/data-solutions/quality-estimation TAUS Estimate APIs]
 
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# [https://www.modelfront.com/ ModelFront]
 
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All of these are either behind paywall, or requires further research on it to ensure that the translation is offered.
 
  
 
=== Dictionaries and Glossaries ===
 
=== Dictionaries and Glossaries ===

Revision as of 17:45, 6 February 2025

Uyghur is an official language of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region spoken by the Uyghur people living in the region or neighboring countries including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. There are around 8 to 11 million speaking according to 2021 estimates.

Resources

Computational

- Uyghur Keyboard:

(These are copyrighted materials by Microsoft Corporation.Usage are allowed only for non-commercial use and with copyright notice attached. Terms and Conditions)

- Uyghur Spell and Grammar Checker:

- Uyghur Alphabet and Scripts Converter:

- Machine Translation Units:

- Machine translation APIs that supports Uyghur:
  1. Microsoft Translator (Under Copyright by Microsoft Corporation and requires payment)
  2. LingvaNex (Under Copyright by LingvaNex and requires payment)
  3. ModernMT (Under Copyright License by ModernMT and requires payment)
  4. Google Translate (Under Google's Terms and Conditions, we can use freely for non-commercial use.]

Dictionaries and Glossaries

Grammatical Descriptions

Scientific Works

- These are the scientific papers on some of the features on Uyghur:

- This research delved into some aspect of Uyghur's loan words: An Analysis of recent loans into the standard Uyghur Lexicon

- This dissertation by Dr. Connor Mayer could contain useful information: Issues in Uyghur backness harmony: Corpus, experimental, and computational studies

- Miscellaneous research related to Uyghur that may (or may not) prove to be useful:

- Some research on building Uyghur WordNet Dataset:

- This is not related per se, but it is an interesting research. Some useful information could be extracted:

Corpora

  • Uygur.com, a website containing digital scans of books and texts written in Uyghur. Most of these are photocopied and might be hard to parse into a text file
  • Genesis 1, a translation of Genesis into Uyghur
  • Radio Free Asia, a news website with articles in Uyghur
  • Quran, a pdf of the Quran in Uyghur, also photocopied so it may be hard to parse