Southern Uzbek language
Uzbek dialect spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1] It uses the Perso-Arabic writing system in contrast to the language variant of Uzbekistan.
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Southern Uzbek | |
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اۉزبېکچه, اۉزبېکی, اۉزبېک تورکچه سی | |
Native to | Afghanistan,Pakistan |
Ethnicity | Uzbeks |
Native speakers | L1: 3.5 million (2017)[1] L2: 1.1 million (2022)[1] |
Early forms | |
Perso-Arabic | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Afghanistan (3rd most spoken language) |
Recognised minority language in |
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Regulated by | Afghan Ministry of Education |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | uzs |
Glottolog | sout2699 |
Linguasphere | 44-AAB-da, db |
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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.[3]