The Uzbek Language
The Uzbek language is an Eastern Turkic language and is part of the Altaic family.
Much of its vocabulary is Persian rather than Turkish due to the influence of Tajik (Persian) speakers which have long been prominent in the country.
The Uzbek language was originally written in Arabic script. This was replaced by the Roman alphabet in 1927 and then again by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1940.
More recently, an attempt to return to the Latin alphabet is underway.
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- Latvian head visits Uzbek Senate
- Latvian President Valdis Zatlers visited the Senate of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan on Monday, 6 October. It should be noted that the relations between ...
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- (TASHKENT) - Uzbek President Islam Karimov said Monday he regretted a lack of European investment in his country, while boasting of a rosy economic outlook. ...
- United States and Nato Re-engagement with Uzbekistan
- In 2005, following a series of misunderstandings and a general decline in the strategic relationship between the United States and Uzbekistan, the Uzbek ...
- EBRD supports expansion of Uzbek PET producer: $4.6 million loan ...
- The EBRD is providing a $4.6 million loan to support the expansion of the Uzbek PET producer Tarleplast. Because of increasing demand for its products the ...
Basic Facts about the Uzbek Language
Speakers are also found in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Emigrant communities can be found in the USA, Australia and Germany.
Learning Uzbek
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