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'''Southern Uzbek''', also known as ''Afghan Uzbek'', is the southern variant of the ] and an official language of Afghanistan where it is based and has up to 4.2 million speakers. 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 ] and an official language of Afghanistan where it is based and has up to 4.2 million speakers. It uses the ] writing system in contrast to the language variant of ]. It uses the ] ].<ref>https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/uzbek/#:~:text=Southern%20Uzbek%20has%20borrowed%20from,words%20and%20phrases%20in%20Uzbek.&text=Below%20are%20Uzbek%20numerals%201%2D10n%20Cyrillic%20and%20Latin%20scripts.</ref>


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

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Southern Uzbek
اوزبیکچه, اوزبیکی, اوزبیک تورکچه
Native toAfghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Tajikistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
EthnicityUzbeks
Native speakers4.2 million (2017)
Language familyTurkic
Early formsMiddle Turkic
Writing systemPerso-Arabic
Official status
Official language in Afghanistan (3rd official language)
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byAfghan Ministry of Education
Language codes
ISO 639-3uzs
Glottologsout2699
Linguaspheredb 44-AAB-da, db
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Southern Uzbek, also known as Afghan Uzbek, is the southern variant of the Uzbek language and an official language of Afghanistan where it is based and has up to 4.2 million speakers. It uses the Perso-Arabic writing system in contrast to the language variant of Uzbekistan. It uses the Pashto alphabet.

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 Afghan Persian (in which many Southern Uzbek speakers are proficient).

Southern Uzbek Alphabet

Main article: Uzbek alphabet
A 1911 text in Southern Uzbek

Southern Uzbek is written using the Perso-Arabic writing system called Arab Yozuv ("Arab Script"). Although it contains the same 32 letters which are used in Persian, it pronounces many of them in a different way.

See also

References

  1. Southern Uzbek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 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.
  3. https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/uzbek/#:~:text=Southern%20Uzbek%20has%20borrowed%20from,words%20and%20phrases%20in%20Uzbek.&text=Below%20are%20Uzbek%20numerals%201%2D10n%20Cyrillic%20and%20Latin%20scripts.
  4. "Uzbek, Southern".

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