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Uzbek Language



Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Middle East

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By
-

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.

Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
29 11

Phonology

How Many Vowels
9 6

How Many Consonants
24 14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
2 1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Salom

Thank You
Rakhmat

How Are You?
Qalay siz?

Good Night
Hayirli tun

Good Evening
Hayirli kech

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun

Good Morning
Hayirli tong

Please
Iltimos

Sorry
Kechiring!

Bye
Xayr

I Love You
Sizni sevaman

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00 23

Dialect 2
Afghan

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00 21

Dialect 3
Ferghana

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00 18

Total No. Of Dialects
6 6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million 40

Speaking Population
0.39 % 36

Native Speakers
26.00 million 31

Second Language Speakers
32.00 million 25

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet

French Name
ouszbek

German Name
Usbekisch

Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]

Ethnicity
Uzbek

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD

Language Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup
Turkic

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)

Language Forms

Early Forms
Chagatay

Standard Forms
Uzbek

Language Position
53 48

Signed Forms
Signed Uzbek

Scope
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1
uz

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
uzb

ISO 639 2/B
uzb

ISO 639 3
uzb

ISO 639 6
uzb

Glottocode
uzbe1247

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
-

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Uzbek language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Uzbek language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Uzbek language states that it was put to use in 9th–12th centuries AD. The history of Uzbek language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Uzbek Language History.The evolution of Uzbek language began with early forms such as Chagatay. Uzbek is the standard form of Uzbek language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Uzbek Language.

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Uzbek population

Uzbek population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Uzbek language. Uzbek language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Uzbek population lies in the Uzbek Speaking Countries. Uzbek language is spoken as first language by 26.00 million people and as second language by about 32.00 million people. Get to know Uzbek speaking population in detail.

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Uzbek writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Uzbek writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Uzbek language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin script is used by Uzbek language. Learn more about . 

Information about Uzbek language

Check out all the information about Uzbek language here. You may find it interesting to learn Uzbek Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Uzbek Speaking Countries, Uzbek speaking continents and Uzbek Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Uzbek countries knowing common Uzbek Greetings will help you in communicating with Uzbek people.

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