Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken

AUZ

moribund

Alternate Names: Central Asian Arabic, Jugari, Kashkadarya Arabic, Uzbeki Arabic

Dialects: Reportedly similar to North Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic ,. Sharp dialect differences between Bukhara and Kashkadarya regions. Bukhara is strongly influenced by Tajiki ,, Kashkadarya by Uzbek , and other Turkic languages. May be a mixed language. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Central
South
Arabic

Demographics: 700

Language Use: Few ethnic group members speak Arabic. No diglossia with Modern Standard Arabic [arb]. Northern Uzbek [uzn] used to communicate and as literary language.

Nation of Origin: Uzbekistan

Other Comments: Endogamous and do not mix with speakers of other languages. Muslim (Hanafi Sunni).