Uzbek
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Uzbek is an intangible entity associated with the country of Uzbekistan[1].
Key Facts
- Country: Uzbekistan[3], Afghanistan[4], Tajikistan[5], Kyrgyzstan[6], Kazakhstan[7], Turkmenistan[8], Russia[9], Turkey[10], People's Republic of China[11]
- Instance of: macrolanguage[12], modern language[13]
- Subclass of: Western Karluk[14], Turkic[15]
- Writing system: Latin script[16], Cyrillic script[17], Arabic alphabet[18]
- Commons category: Uzbek language[19]
- Wikimedia language code: uz[20]
- IPA transcription: ˈuz.bɛk[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Uzbek language[22]
- Described at URL: https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=uzb[23], https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=871[24]
- Language regulatory body: Alisher Navo'i Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature[25]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 27,000,000[26]
- Replaces: Chagatai[27]
- Topic has template: Q101516084[28]
- Native label: Oʻzbek tili[29], Ўзбек тили[30], ئۇزبېك تیلى[31]
- Short name: узбекский[32], özbəkcə[33], узбекӣ[34], узбек дыл[35], узбекаг[36], ózbek tili[37]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[38]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/UZB[39]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[40], genitive case[41], dative case[42], accusative case[43], locative case[44], ablative case[45]
- Has tense: present tense[46], past tense[47], future tense[48]
- Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[49]
Why It Matters
Uzbek has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Uzbek is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]