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Uzbekistan

Languages

Description

The language spoken by the majority of Uzbekistan is Uzbek. It is the official language of the government.

Other native languages spoken in Uzbekistan include:

• Turkic languages - Uzbek is included
• Tajik - widespread throughout Uzbekistan (a variety of Persian)
• Russian - the language most used in public life

Word List(s)

• Taranov, Andrey. Uzbek vocabulary for English speakers, 9000 words : English Uzbek. n.p.: T & P Books Publishing, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
• Useful Uzbek phrases - Omniglot
• Tajik vocabulary - Wikipedia
• Useful phrases in Tajik - Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

• Uzbek vowels and consonants - Wikipedia
• Uzbek alphabet - Wikipedia
• Uzbek Alphabet - MyLanguages
• Arabic alphabet for Uzbek - Omniglot
• Cyrillic alphabet for Uzbek - Omniglot
• Latin alphabet for Uzbek - Omniglot
• Tajik vowels and consonants - Wikipedia
• Tajik alphabet - Wikipedia
• Tajik Alphabet - MyLanguages
• Perso-Arabic script for Tajik - Omniglot
• Latin alphabet for Tajik - Omniglot
• Cyrillic alphabet for Tajik - Omniglot

Pronunciation

• Uzbek pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
• Tajik pronunciation dictionary - Forvo

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

• Concise English-Uzbek dictionary. Tashkent: Fan, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
• Mamatov, Jahangir, Michael Horlick, and Karamat Kadirova. Comprehensive Uzbek-English dictionary. Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press, 2011. Available at: WorldCat.
• Jān, Jī. Ār. Persian/Tajik-Kashmiri-English dictionary. Srinagar: Jaykay Books, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
• Jilani, Jon. Tajik practical dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc, 2009. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries

• Dictionary Uzbek - English - Glosbe
• Dictionary English - Uzbek - Glosbe
• Dictionary English - Tajik - Glosbe
• Dictionary Tajik - English - Glosbe

Language Aids

• Uzbek grammar - Wikipedia
• Raun, Alo. Basic course in Uzbek. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1969. Available at: WorldCat.
• Tajik grammar - Wikipedia
• Rastorgueva, V. S. and Herbert H. Paper. A Short sketch of Tajik grammar. Mouton, Bloomington, The Hague, Netherlands: Indiana University, 1963. Available at: WorldCat.
• Khojayori, Nasrullo and Mikael Thompson. Tajiki reference grammar for beginners. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2009. Available at: WorldCat.

Additional Resources

• Ido, Shinji and Bihrūz Maḥmūdī Bakhtiyārī. Tajik Linguistics. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2023. Available at: WorldCat.