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- The Persian language is widespread throughout Uzbekistan, being spoken by anywhere between 10-20% of the population, especially in the cities of Bukhara and Samarkand which remain predominantly Persian-speaking.
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- The Official Language of Uzbekistan
- Russian: The Second Most Spoken Language of Uzbekistan
- Other Languages Spoken in Uzbekistan
The Uzbek language is the official state language of Uzbekistan spoken by approximately 85% of the population. The Uzbek language is a Turkic language closely related to the Uyghur language, and both languages belong to the Karluk languages, a branch of the Turkic language family. Since 1992, the Uzbek language has officially been written in the La...
With an estimated 5.4% of the population of Uzbekistan, Russian is the second most spoken language in the country. The Russian language remains an essential language for interethnic communication in the country; more so in cities that experience a lot of day-to-day governmental, technical, business, and scientific use. Over 14% of the Uzbekistan po...
The Tajik language is the third most spoken language in Uzbekistan since the Tajiks comprise of 4.0% of the country's population. The language is widely spoken in the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara; this is because both cities both have relatively large populations of the Tajiks. The Tajik language is also spoken in Rishton and Chust in Fergana va...
- Joyce Chepkemoi
External influences on Uzbek include Arabic, Persian and Russian. One of the most noticeable distinctions of Uzbek from other Turkic languages is the rounding of the vowel /ɑ/ to /ɒ/, a phoneme that was shared by the neighbouring Tajik, a variety of New Persian.
- 33 million (incl. 27.7 million Northern Uzbek & 5.3 million Southern Uzbek) (2022)
Dec 19, 2018 · Also known as Persian, Farsi is spoken by an estimated 110 million speakers mostly in Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Russia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. In some of these countries, the language has other official names such as Dari in Afghanistan and Tajik in Tajikistan.
- Ferdinand Bada
Among the languages of Central Asia, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Turkmen are all Turkic languages while Tajik is a Persian one. Russian is widely spoken in the cities and remains the lingua franca in Central Asia. Uzbek is the predominate language in rural areas. Many Uzbeks can speak both Uzbek and Russian. Both are taught in schools.
Uzbek (63%), Russian, Tajiki Persian stands as the principal language spoken by a vast majority across regions. Its prevalence resonates in everyday discourse, education, and cultural spheres, unifying communities within Uzbekistan.
