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Uzbek, Southern

A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3: uzs

Population	1,400,000 in Afghanistan (WA 1991). Population total all countries: 1,451,980.
Region	North, Fariab Province, Maimana town. Possibly in Germany. Also in Pakistan, Turkey (Asia).
Language map	Afghanistan
Alternate names	Usbeki, Uzbak, Uzbeki
Dialects	Limited comprehension of Northern Uzbek [uzn]. Differences in grammar and loanwords from Western Farsi [pes].
Classification	Altaic, Turkic, Eastern A member of macrolanguage Uzbek [uzb] (Uzbekistan).
Language use	City dwellers also use Dari [gbz]; village dwellers have limited ability in Dari. 20% use Dari as L2. Some also use Southern Pashto [pbt].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25% in Dari. Newspapers. Dictionary. Grammar.
Writing system	Arabic script.
Comments	Mainly settled agriculturalists; some nomads, some craftsmen: gold, jewels, pottery, leather. Muslim (Hanafi Sunni).

Also spoken in:

Turkey (Asia)

Language name	Uzbek, Southern
Population	1,980 in Turkey (1982).
Region	Hatay, Gaziantep, and Urfa provinces. Possibly also in Germany.
Comments	Refugees from Afghanistan; now Turkish citizens. Distinct from Northern Uzbek [uzn] of Uzbekistan and China. Muslim (Sunni).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

O'zbek adabiyoti torixi, Ikkinchi bo'lim. 2010.

Xalq durdonalari. 2005.

Xalq Durdonalari. 2007.

Yak Taswir Dar Du Oina. 2010.