The sole official language of Uzbekistan, Uzbek is spoken as either native or second language by 44 million people around the world, having some 34 million speakers in Uzbekistan, 4.
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15 Facts About Uzbek language
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Altaic language family, which includes the languages of Mongolic, Japonic, Koreanic and Tungusic descent, has classified modern Uzbek to be originally descended from today's East Asia spanning from Mongolia to Northwest China, like every other member of the Turkic language family.
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High degree of mutual intelligibility, found between certain specific Turkic languages, geographically located close or sometimes further from the area where Uzbek is spoken, has allowed the speakers of Uzbek to comprehend various other distantly related languages.
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Since Uzbek is the dominant language in the Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan, like the rest of Eastern, Southern and South-Eastern Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad Region), the ethnic Kyrgyzes are, too, exposed to Uzbek, as well as some speak it fluently.
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Uzbek language has a special status in countries that are the common destination for immigration for the Uzbekistani citizens.
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The Uzbek language was generally similar to the neighbouring Kazakh, more or less identical lexically, phonetically and grammatically and almost dissimilar to the area's more indigeneous and native Uzbek language, that carried the name Turki, and was changed to Chagatai by western scholars due to its origins from the Chagatai Khanate.
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The Uzbek language was championed by Ali-Shir Nava'i in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Uzbek language significantly contributed to the development of the Chagatai language and its direct descendant Uzbek and is widely considered to be the founder of Uzbek literature.
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Uzbek language showed his level of knowledge by writing a book in the Turki language "Sabatul-azhizin".
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Term Uzbek as applied to language has meant different things at different times.
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Uzbek language has been written in a variety of scripts throughout history:.
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In Uzbek language, there are two main categories of words: nominals and verbals (equivalent to verbs and some adverbs).
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Uzbek language verbs are inflected for number and person of the subject, and it has more periphrases.
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Uzbek language is studied by Russian students in the faculties of Turkology throughout Russia.
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The largest Uzbek language learning centers in Russia are located in the universities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
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