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	'''Southern Uzbek''', also known as '''Afghan Uzbek''', is the southern variant of the ], spoken chiefly in ] with up to 4.6 million speakers including first and second language speakers.<ref name=e27/> It uses the ] writing system in contrast to the language variant of ].		'''Southern Uzbek''', also known as '''Afghan Uzbek''', is the southern variant of the ], spoken chiefly in ] with up to 4.6 million speakers including first and second language speakers.<ref name=e27/> It uses the ] writing system in contrast to the language variant of ].

	Southern Uzbek is intelligible with the Northern Uzbek spoken in Uzbekistan to a certain degree. However, it has differences in grammar and also many more loan words from ], the local ] variety, in which many Southern Uzbek speakers are proficient.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/uzs\|title=Uzbek, Southern}}</ref>		Southern Uzbek is intelligible with the ] spoken in Uzbekistan to a certain degree. However, it has differences in grammar and also many more loan words from ], the local ] variety, in which many Southern Uzbek speakers are proficient.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/uzs\|title=Uzbek, Southern}}</ref>

	== Southern Uzbek Alphabet ==		== Southern Uzbek Alphabet ==

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Uzbek dialect spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Southern Uzbek
اۉزبېکچه, اۉزبېکی, اۉزبېک تورکچه سی

Native to	Afghanistan
Ethnicity	Uzbeks
Native speakers	L1: 3.5 million (2017) L2: 1.1 million (2022)
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Uzbek Southern Uzbek
Early forms	Middle Turkic Khorezmian Turkic Chagatai
Writing system	Perso-Arabic
Official status
Official language in	Afghanistan (3rd most spoken language)
Recognised minority language in	China
Regulated by	Afghan Ministry of Education
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`uzs`
Glottolog	`sout2699`
Linguasphere	`db 44-AAB-da, db`
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Southern Uzbek, also known as Afghan Uzbek, is the southern variant of the Uzbek language, spoken chiefly in Afghanistan with up to 4.6 million speakers including first and second language speakers. It uses the Perso-Arabic writing system in contrast to the language variant of Uzbekistan.

Southern Uzbek is intelligible with the Northern Uzbek spoken in Uzbekistan to a certain degree. However, it has differences in grammar and also many more loan words from Dari, the local New Persian variety, in which many Southern Uzbek speakers are proficient.

Southern Uzbek Alphabet

Main article: Uzbek alphabet

Southern Uzbek is written using the Perso-Arabic writing system called Arab Yozuv ("Arab Script"). The writing system is for the most part identical to Persian alphabet, with 3 additional letters. These include two vowels, "اۉ / ۉ" and "اې / ې" (optional in writing, and substitutable in practice by "او / و" and "ای / ی" respectively), which are meant to represent the sounds represented in Uzbek Latin Script with "E e" and "Oʻ oʻ". The alphabet also includes a combined consonant letter "نگ", formerly (and currently in writing systems such as Uyghur) shown with the letter "ڭ". This letter represents the sound /ŋ/, and represented in the Latin writing system with "-ng". This letter makes the Voiced velar nasal sound, where in English one can for example hear when pronouncing the word "wingman".

Uzbek has 6 vowels, and it has lost its vowel harmony rules, unlike other Turkic languages.

Table of Vowels in Uzbek Arabic Alphabet
Notes	IPA	Arabic			Latin	Cyrillic
Notes	IPA	Final	Medial	Initial	Latin	Cyrillic
		ـه‎	ـَ‎	اَ‎	A a	А а
		ـا‎		آ‎	‌ O o	О о
		ـِی‎	ـِیـ‎	اِیـ‎	I i	И и
In unvocalized spelling, it may be substituted by ی. Final -e is limited to Persian loanwords and its spelling depends on how vocabulary is spelled in Persian. For loanwords from other languages than Persian, ـِه is preferred.		ـې‎	ـېـ ‎	اېـ‎	E e	Э э / Е е
		ـِه‎	ـېـ ‎	اېـ‎	E e	Э э / Е е
Only used in Persian and Arabic loanwords.		N/A	ـِ ‎	اِ‎	I i E e	И и Э э / Е е
		ـُو‎		اُو‎	‌ U u	У у
In unvocalized spelling, it may be substituted by و.		ـۉ‎		اۉ‎	Oʻ oʻ	Ў ў
Only used in Persian and Arabic loanwords.		N/A	ـُ‎	اُ‎	U u Oʻ oʻ	У у Ў ў

Other than the additional combined letter "نگ / -ng", the consonants of Uzbek Arabic Alphabet are identical to that of Persian. Thus, there indeed is a case of various letters representing the same sound, as is the case in Persian. But the letters "ث، ح، ذ، ژ، ص، ض، ط، ظ، ع" are not used for writing of native Uzbek words. They are solely used for writing of loanwords from Arabic, Persian, or any of the European languages.

Letter				Latin	IPA
Final	Medial	Initial	Isolated	Latin	IPA
ـب‎	ـبـ‎	بـ‎	ب‎	B b	/b/
ـپ‎	ـپـ‎	پـ‎	پ‎	P p	/p/
ـت‎	ـتـ‎	تـ‎	ت‎	T t	/t/
ـث‎	ـثـ‎	ثـ‎	ث‎	S s	/s/
ـج‎	ـجـ‎	جـ‎	ج‎	J j	/dʒ/
ـچ‎	ـچـ‎	چـ‎	چ‎	Ch ch	/tʃ/
ـح‎	ـحـ‎	حـ‎	ح‎	H h	/h/
ـخ‎	ـخـ‎	خـ‎	خ‎	X x	/x/
ـد‎		د‎	د‎	D d	/d/
ـذ‎		ذ‎	ذ‎	Z z	/z/
ـر‎		ر‎	ر‎	R r	/r/
ـز‎		ز‎	ز‎	Z z	/z/
ـژ‎		ژ‎	ژ‎	J j	/ʒ/
ـس‎	ـسـ‎	سـ‎	س‎	S s	/s/
ـش‎	ـشـ‎	شـ‎	ش‎	Sh Sh	/ʃ/
ـص‎	ـصـ‎	صـ‎	ص‎	S s	/s/
ـض‎	ـضـ‎	ضـ‎	ض‎	Z z	/z/
ـط‎	ـطـ‎	طـ‎	ط‎	T t	/t/
ـظ‎	ـظـ‎	ظـ‎	ظ‎	Z z	/z/
ـع‎	ـعـ‎	عـ‎	ع‎	ʻ	/ʔ/
ـغ‎	ـغـ‎	غـ‎	غ‎	Gʻ gʻ	/ɣ~ʁ/
ـف‎	ـفـ‎	فـ‎	ف‎	F f	/f/
ـق‎	ـقـ‎	قـ‎	ق‎	Q q	/q/
ـک‎	ـکـ‎	کـ‎	ک‎	K k	/k/
ـگ‎	ـگـ‎	گـ‎	گ‎	G g	/g/
ـم‎	ـمـ‎	مـ‎	م‎	M m	/m/
ـن‎	ـنـ‎	نـ‎	ن‎	N n	/n/
ـنگ‎	ـنگـ‎	-‎	نگ‎	-ng	/ŋ/
ـو‎		و‎	و‎	V v	/v/
ـه‎	ـهـ‎	هـ‎	ه‎	H h	/h/
ـی‎	ـیـ‎	یـ‎	ی‎	‌ Y y	/j/
-‎	ـئـ / ـأ / ـؤ‎	ئـ / أ / ؤ‎	ء‎	ʻ	/ʔ/

References

^ Southern Uzbek at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Scott Newton (20 November 2014). Law and the Making of the Soviet World: The Red Demiurge. Routledge. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-317-92978-9.
"Uzbek, Southern".
Asamura, Takao. “Longing for Legacy: Vowel Harmony in the Uzbek Standard Language, 1924-1934.” Russian and East European Studies 2007, no. 36 (2007): 48–60. https://doi.org/10.5823/jarees.2007.48.
Sjoberg, Andrée F. (1963). Uzbek Structural Grammar (PDF). Uralic and Altaic Series. Vol. 18. Bloomington: Indiana University. pp. 16–18.
Uzbek Turki to Persian/Dari Dictionary, authored by D. Faizullah Aimaq (فرهنگ تورکی اوزبیکی به فارسی/ دری، تألیف داکتر فیض الله ایماق) (Archive)

External links

Dictionaries

Uzbek to Persian/Dari Dictionary (Archive) by Dr. Faizullah Aimaq, Toronto, Canada
Word translator from Southern Uzbek to Farsi

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