Uighurs are Turkic people. Uighur language is a Turkic dialect spoken by over 10 million Uighur people in Central Asia including 9 million in the Uighur Autonomous Region of China. The current Uighur alphabet is derived from Arabic that was introduced during the Chaghatay Empire when Uighurs were converted to Islam. During the 70s, Latin alphabet named Uighur New Alphabet was introduced to (UNA) to Uighur language which was used for about 20 years until late 80.
