Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
26.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
32.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
ouszbek
persan
German Name
Usbekisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Uzbek
Persian people