two great posts at language log this week and one at languagehat on the pronunciation of uyghur proper nouns. having just updated my ULY/UEY conversion widgets it's something i've been thinking quite a bit about lately. here are the posts:

• A Little Primer of Xinjiang Proper Nouns from 13 july,
• American English pronunciation of Uyghur proper nouns from two days late.

and at language hat:
• Uyghur names pronounced also from 13 july