Uzbekistan

Languages

Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken auz

Buxoro, Navoiy, and Qashqadaryo regions; Samarkand region, middle and lower Zerafshan valley, some in Katta-Kurgan town; small villages. Users: 700 (1992 G. Watson). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Central Asian Arabic, Jugari, Jugari Arabic, Uzbeki Arabic, Uzbekistan Arabic Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

Armenian, Western hyw

Toshkent City; Samarqand region. Users: 65,700 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Armenian

Azerbaijani, North azj

Scattered. Users: 59,600 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani

Bashkort bak

Scattered. Users: 46,500 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Western, Uralian

Belarusian bel

Scattered. Users: 21,200 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East

Bukharic bhh

Buxoro region: cultural center. Users: 3,840 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Bokharian, Bokharic, Bukharan, Bukharin, Judeo-Tajik Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian

Chechen che

Users: 1,700 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Nakh-Daghestanian, Nakh, Chechen-Ingush

Chuvash chv

Samarqand and Toshkent regions. Users: 13,100 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Bolgar

Crimean Tatar crh

Navoiy and Samarqand regions. Users: 177,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Crimean Turkish, Qırım Türkçesi, Qirim, Qirimtatar Classification: Turkic, Southern

Dargwa dar

Xorazm province: north. Users: 2,600 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Nakh-Daghestanian, Dargi

Dungan dng

Users: 1,700 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese

Erzya myv

Toshkent region. Users: 16,200 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Uralic, Mordvin

Georgian kat

Xorazm region: north near Turkmenistan border. Users: 6,200 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Kartvelian, Georgian

German, Standard deu

Users: 17,200 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German

Greek ell

Users: 5,300 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic

Karakalpak kaa

Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic; Buxoro, Navoiy, and Xorazm regions along lower Amu river, south Aral Sea area. Users: 726,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Ethnic population: 726,000 (2019 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 869,870. Status: 5* (Developing). Statutory language of provincial identity in Karakalpakstan (1995, Official Language Law (amended), 3561-XI, Article 3). Alternate Names: Kara-Kalpak, Karaklobuk, Klobouki, Tchorny Autonym: Qaraqalpaq tili, Қарақалпақ тили‎ (Qaraqalpaq tili) Classification: Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian

Kazakh kaz

Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic; Buxoro, Jizzax, Navoiy, and Sirdaryo regions. Users: 824,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Ethnic population: 825,000 (2019 World Factbook). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian

Korean kor

Toshkent City. Users: 182,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Koreanic

Kyrgyz kir

Andijon, Farg’ona, and Namangan regions: scattered. Users: 282,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian

Lak lbe

Users: 3,700 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Nakh-Daghestanian, Lak

Lezgi lez

Qoraqalpog’iston Republic: Amundaryo district, Nukus area. Users: 4,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Nakh-Daghestanian, Lezgic, Nuclear Lezgic, East Lezgic

Lithuanian lit

Users: 2,000 in Uzbekistan (2010 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Baltic, Eastern

Mari, Meadow mhr

Users: 5,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Uralic, Mari

Ossetic oss

Users: 7,800 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Northeastern

Parya paq

Suxondaryo region: upper Surkhandarya valley. Users: 1,000 in Uzbekistan (2008). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Unclassified

Persian, Iranian pes

Xorazm region; scattered elsewhere. Users: 33,300 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian

Polish pol

Users: 3,300 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic

Romanian ron

Users: 8,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern

Russian rus

Major cities. Users: 11,800,000 in Uzbekistan (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 4,720,000 (2019 World Factbook). Ethnic population: 759,000 (2019 World Factbook). Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Alternate Names: Rossiya Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East

Russian Sign Language rsl

Scattered. Users: 22,000 in Uzbekistan (2008 WFD). Another estimate: 100,000–200,000, assuming 0.3%–0.6% of the total population (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Status: 6a (Vigorous). Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language

Tajik tgk

Buxoro, Farg’ona, Navoiy, Qashqadaryo, Samarqand, and Surxondaryo regions. Users: 1,450,000 in Uzbekistan (2019 World Factbook). Ethnic population: 1,580,000 (2019 World Factbook). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Tajiki Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian

Tatar tat

Users: 702,000 in Uzbekistan (2017). Ethnic population: 479,000 (2017). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Western, Uralian

Turkish tur

Buxoro, Jizzax, Navoiy, Qashqadaryo, Samarqand, and Sirdaryo provinces. Users: 143,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Osmanli, Türkçe Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkish

Turkmen tuk

Scattered along Turkmenistan border. Users: 197,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkmenian

Udmurt udm

Users: 4,140 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Uralic, Permian

Ukrainian ukr

Users: 72,700 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East

Uyghur uig

Andijon, Farg’ona, and Namangan regions; cultural centers: Andijon and Toshkent cities; scattered elsewhere. Users: 48,500 in Uzbekistan (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Eastern

Uzbek uzb

Users: Population total all languages: 32,499,650. Status:

Uzbek, Northern uzn

Widespread. Users: 24,500,000 in Uzbekistan (2019 World Factbook). Ethnic population: 27,600,000 (2019 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 27,745,270. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1995, Official Language Law (amended), 3561-XI, Article 1). Alternate Names: oʻzbek, oʻzbekcha, Özbek Autonym: oʻzbek tili, ўзбек тили‎ (oʻzbek tili) Classification: Turkic, Eastern