Translation guide
Refers to the Uighur people, their language, or things related to Uighur culture. In Japanese, the standard term is ウイグル, used as both a noun and an adjective.
Referring to a person or people of Uighur ethnicity.
Standard term for a Uighur person. Use ウイグル人 for one person, ウイグル人たち for multiple people.
He is Uighur.
I have a Uighur friend.
Refers to the Uighur ethnic group as a whole. Often used in anthropological or demographic contexts.
Many Uighur people live in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
Referring to the Uighur language.
Standard term for the Uighur language.
I'm studying Uighur.
Please speak in Uighur.
Describing something as Uighur, such as culture, food, or music.
Use ウイグル + の to modify nouns. This is the most common way to form an adjective.
Uighur food is delicious.
I listened to Uighur music.
ウイグル can be used as a prefix in compound words (e.g., ウイグル料理 Uighur cuisine), but when modifying a noun directly, ウイグルの is more common and natural.
I like Uighur cuisine.