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Language code: uzb

Technical information about ISO 639 language code uzb

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The table below provides technical details for the Uzbek language, designated by the uzb code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

uzb

Name

Official

Uzbek

Native

Ўзбек

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern UzbekSouthern Uzbek
Related languages
UyghurKazakhKyrgyzTurkmenTurkish
Key facts
Belongs to the Karluk branch of the Turkic familyModern Uzbek uses a Latin alphabet but historically employed Arabic and Cyrillic scriptsThe language has largely lost the vowel harmony typical of Turkic tonguesPersian and Arabic loanwords constitute a sizable portion of its vocabularyIt retains partial mutual intelligibility with Uyghur.
Sample phrase

Salom, qalaysiz?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Uzbek language, identified by the code uzb, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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