Languages

Uzbek

Turkic Languages

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Uzbek." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/uzbek.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Uzbek. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/uzbek

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-uzbek,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Uzbek},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/uzbek},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Uzbek is a Karluk Turkic language spoken by Uzbeks. It is the official and national language of the Republic of Uzbekistan, having formally succeeded Chagatai as the literary language of Uzbekistan in the 1920s.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

uzb 1

Speaker Count

36,000,000 1

2020-2024 estimate, combining figures given for both Northern and Southern Uzbek varieties in the infobox.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Uzbek Language

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Uzbek is a Karluk Turkic language spoken by Uzbeks. It is the official and national language of the Republic of Uzbekistan and formally succeeded Chagatai, an earlier Karluk language endonymically called Türki or Türkçe, as the literary language of Uzbekistan in the 1920s.

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1. Wikipedia: Uzbek Language

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