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Uzbek, Northern

A language of Uzbekistan

ISO 639-3: uzn

Population	16,500,000 in Uzbekistan (1995 United Nations). Population total all countries: 18,817,600.
Region	East of the Amu Darya; south Aral Sea area. Possibly in Munich, Germany. Also in Australia, China, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (Asia), Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia), Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States.
Language map	Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, reference number 5
Alternate names	Özbek
Dialects	Karluk (Qarlug), Kipchak (Kypchak), Oghuz. Distinct from Southern Uzbek [uzs] of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey. Russian influences in grammar, use of loanwords, script. Oghuz may be a dialect of Khorasani Turkish [kmz] (see Turkey) rather than Uzbek.
Classification	Altaic, Turkic, Eastern A member of macrolanguage Uzbek [uzb] (Uzbekistan).
Language use	Official language. Vigorous. Turks of Fergana and Samarkand speak Uzbek. Uzbek-speaking Gypsy communities in Russian central Asia. All ages. Positive attitude. Most also use Russian.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: High. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1992–1995.
Writing system	Arabic script, officially abandoned in 1927, used in China. Cyrillic script, officially adopted in 1940. Latin script, officially adopted in 1927 and abandoned in 1940, used in China. Sogdian script, used in China.
Comments	People are about one-third urbanized. Much Persian influence in language and culture. Patrilineal. ‘Sart’ is an obsolete name for sedentary Uzbek, possibly those who are ethnically Tajik. SOV; has lost its historical vowel harmony and its vowel system now resembles that of Tajiki. Agriculturalists: cotton, fruit, vegetables, grain; pastoralists: sheep; silk production; technicians; professionals; industrialists; communications; medicine; educators; administrators. Muslim (Hanafi Sunni).

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China

Language name	Uzbek, Northern
Population	5,000 in China (2000 A. Chentgshiliang). Ethnic population: 12,370.
Region	North and west Xinjiang; Urumqi, Kashgar, and Yining (Ghulja) cities, especially Ili.
Language map	China
Alternate names	Ouzbek, Ozbek, Usbaki, Usbeki
Dialects	Andizhan, Tashkent, Samarkand, Fergana.
Language use	Vigorous. Some speakers of other languages in the area can also speak Uzbek. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Some also use Uyghur [uig], Kazakh [kaz], or Chinese [cmn].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 98%.
Comments	In China classified as Uzbek nationality. Agriculturalists; some traders; merchants; animal husbandry; government workers; teachers; medical doctors. Muslim (Sunni).

Tajikistan

Language name	Uzbek, Northern
Population	873,000 in Tajikistan.
Language map	Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Language name	Uzbek, Northern
Population	317,000 in Turkmenistan.
Language maps	Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, reference number 5

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABDUSATAROVA, Nilufar; HOSHINO, Jinko; MILLER, Elizabeth M.; RAKHMONOV, Nasimxon; ZVARA, James P., authors. 2002. "Comments on 'Керакли Тук' "Necessary strand of hair"."

ABDUSATAROVA, Nilufar; HOSHINO, Jinko; MILLER, Elizabeth M.; RAKHMONOV, Nasimxon; ZVARA, James P., authors. 2002. "Notes on 'Номус' "Reputation"."

CLIFTON, Deborah A.; CLIFTON, John M., editors. 2002. Comments on discourse structures in ten Turkic languages.

CLIFTON, John M., author. 2002. "Alphabets of ten Turkic languages."

HOJIYEV, A.; MILLER, Cathy, compilers. 2001. Hozirgi oˁzbek tili faol soˁzlarining izohli lugˁati.