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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.
- 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
Different dialects of Uzbek show varying degrees of influence from other languages such as Kipchak and Oghuz Turkic (for example, in grammar) as well as Persian (in phonology), which gives literary Uzbek the impression of being a mixed language.
Official Languages of Uzbekistan. 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.
Uzbek, spoken by the Uzbek people, is the official language and spoken by the majority of its inhabitants, while Russian and Tajik are significant minority languages. Islam is the predominant religion, and most Uzbeks are Sunni Muslims. [15]
Tajik is a Farsi (Persian)-based language spoken officially in the neighboring Republic of Tajikistan. Another Tajik-based language spoken by the Jewish population in these cities is known as Bukhori (or Bukharic ), which has Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Uzbek origins and is an endangered language of Uzbekistan.
Most of the words are Turkic in origin but there also a great many Arabic, Persian, Russian—and in China, Chinese—loan words. In China, Uzbeks have particularly close relations with Uyghurs and Kazakhs. The Uzbek, Uyghur and Tatar languages all belong to same Turkic language branch and are very close to each other.
