Southern Uzbek language
Southern Uzbek, also known as Afghan Uzbek, is the southern variant of the Uzbek language, spoken chiefly in Afghanistan with up to 4 million speakers including first and second language speakers. It uses the Perso-Arabic writing system in contrast to the language variant of Uzbekistan.
| Southern Uzbek | |
|---|---|
| اۉزبېکچه, اۉزبېکی, اۉزبېک تورکچه سی | |
| Native to | Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia |
| Ethnicity | Uzbeks |
Native speakers | L1: 3.4 million (2017) L2: 540,000 (2021) |
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 |
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.
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