Locale Ug Cn

Reference data for the Uyghur (China) locale — endonym ئۇيغۇرچە (جۇڭگو), written in the Arabic script, right-to-left (RTL).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: ug-CN
• ISO 639-1: ug
• ISO 639-3: uig
• Script: Arab (Arabic)
• Region: CN (China)
• Text direction: rtl — right-to-left (RTL)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 11,000,000
• L2 (additional): 1,500,000
• L1+L2 (total): 12,500,000

Set dir="rtl" for this locale (per Locale's text-direction guidance) rather than assuming left-to-right layout.

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Ug 001 (Uyghur), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Ug 001 with the conventions of China (Xinjiang).

• Script: the Arabic-based alphabet is the official script in China; right to left.
• Formats: yuan (¥); dates 2026-10-17 in many documents; 24-hour clock; Beijing time (UTC+8) is official while local Xinjiang time (UTC+6) is also used; state the time zone when it matters.
• Context: content in China is subject to local legal and content rules; check them for sensitive text.

Common pitfalls

• Using the Latin Uyghur script in China-facing material without a requirement.
• Ignoring the time-zone ambiguity.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Ug 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)