Uzbek (O‘zbek tili or O'zbekcha in Laitin script, Ўзбек тили or Ўзбекча in Cyrillic script; أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی in Arabic script) is a Turkic leid an the offeecial leid o Uzbekistan. It haes aboot 25.5 million native speakers, an it is spoken bi the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan an elsewhaur in Central Asie. Uzbek belangs tae the sootheastren Turkic or Uyghur faimlie o Turkic leids, an consequently its lexicon an grammar are maist closely linked tae the Uyghur leid, whiles ither influences rase frae Persie, Arabic an Roushie.
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| Uzbek |
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oʻzbekcha, oʻzbek tili;
ўзбекча, ўзбек тили;
اوزبیکچه, اوزبیک تیلی |
| Native tae | Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Roushie, Cheenae |
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| Ethnicity | Uzbeks |
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Native speakers | 33 million (2019)[1] |
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Early forms | |
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| Laitin, Cyrillic, an Arabic (uised in Afghanistan an Cheenae), Uzbek Braille
(Uzbek alphabets) |
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| Offeecial status |
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Offeecial leid in | Uzbekistan
Afghanistan (3rd official leid) |
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Recognised minority
leid in | |
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| Regulatit bi | Tashkent State Varsity o Uzbek leid an leeteratur |
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| Leid codes |
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| ISO 639-1 | uz |
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| ISO 639-2 | uzb |
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| ISO 639-3 | uzb – inclusive code
Individual codes:
uzn – Northren
uzs – Soothren |
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| Glottolog | uzbe1247[3] |
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| Linguasphere | 44-AAB-da, db |
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 Dark blue = majority; licht blue = minority |
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