Alternate Names: Özbek
Dialects: Karluk (Qarlug), Kipchak (Kypchak), Oghuz. Distinct from Southern Uzbek , of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey. Russian , influences in grammar, use of loanwords, and script. Oghuz may be a dialect of Khorasani Turkish , in Turkey rather than Uzbek. A member of macrolanguage Uzbek ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 16,500,000 in Uzbekistan (1995 UN). Population total all countries: 18,968,250.
Language Use: Vigorous. Turks of Fergana and Samarkand speak Uzbek. Uzbek-speaking Gypsy communities in Russian central Asia. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Russian [rus].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: High. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1992–2010.
Typology: SOV; has lost its historical vowel harmony and its vowel system now resembles that of Tajiki.
Spoken In: Uzbekistan
Writing System: Arabic, Braille, Cyrillic, Latin, Sogdian
Nation of Origin: Uzbekistan
Other Comments: About a third urbanized. Much Persian influence in language and culture. Patrilineal. Sart is an obsolete name for sedentary Uzbek, possibly those who are ethnically Tajik. Muslim (Hanafi Sunni).