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March 8, 2014
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Uzbek language

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Uzbek (O'zbek tili in Latin alphabet|Latin script, Ўзбек in Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic script) is a Turkic languages|Turkic language spoken by the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan and elsewhere in Central Asia. Its closest relative, in vocabulary and grammar, is Uighur language|Uighur. Persian language|Persian and Russian language|Russian have had significant influences on Uzbek.

Uzbek is the official language of Uzbekistan, and has about 18.5 million native speakers. It was written using the Cyrillic alphabet before 1992, but now a Latin alphabet|Latin script is used in Uzbekistan; Uzbek speakers in China write it using the Arabic alphabet.

The influence of Islam, and by extension, Arabic, is evident in Uzbek, as well as the influence of Russian, when Uzbekistan was under czarist and Soviet domination. Most of the Arabic words have found their way in Uzbek through Persian.

The Uzbek language has many dialects, varying widely from region to region. However, there is a commonly understood dialect which is used in mass media and in most printed material. Some linguists consider the language spoken in northern Afghanistan by ethnic Uzbeks to be a dialect of Uzbek.

An example of written Uzbek:
Latin alphabet (now):


Barcha odamlar erkin, qadr-qimmat va huquqlarda teng bo'lib tug'iladilar. Ular aql va vijdon sohibidirlar va bir-birlari ila birodarlarcha muomala qilishlari zarur.


Cyrillic alphabet (later USSR time):


Барча одамлар эркин, қадр-қиммат ва ҳуқуқларда тенг бўлиб туғиладилар. Улар ақл ва виждон соҳибидирлар ва бир-бирлари ила биродарларча муомала қилишлари зарур.


(translation: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.)



See also: Languages of China
InterWiki|code=uz

Category:Languages of Uzbekistan
Category:Turkic languages

de:Usbekische Sprache
eo:uzbeka lingvo
ja:ウズベク語
pl:Język uzbecki
th:ภาษาอุซเบก
tr:?zbek?e
zh:乌兹别克语

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Uzbek language".


Last Modified:   2005-04-13


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