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ISO 639-3 · uzsuzs
Western Karluk family
Southern Uzbek
اوزبیک تورکچه
Southern Uzbek is a language of the Western Karluk branch, spoken in Afghanistan. Wikidata counts about 4.2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Variant of the Uzbek language spoken in modern day Afghanistan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
uzs- Glottocode
sout2699- Family
- Western Karluk
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
1levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Southern Uzbek · اوزبیک تورکچه |
|---|---|
| Also called | Southern Uzbek language, Afghan Uzbek, Afghan Uzbek language, uzs |
| All speakers | 4,165,700 |
| Written in | Persian alphabet, Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Western Karluk to Southern Uzbek
The branches above Southern Uzbek, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
3Western KarlukfamilyuzsSouthern Uzbeklanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Afghanistan
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafepusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafepbuNorthern PashtoIndo-European · 20.9 m4 · EducationaltgkTajikunclassified · 14 m1 · NationalpbtSouthern PashtoIndo-European · 10.9 m1 · NationaluigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialprsDariIndo-European · 9.6 m1 · National