Uzbek leid

Uzbek
oʻzbekcha, oʻzbek tili; ўзбекча, ўзбек тили; اوزبیکچه, اوزبیک تیلی
Native tae	Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Roushie, Cheenae
Ethnicity	Uzbeks
Native speakers	33 million (2019)
Leid faimily	Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Uzbek
Early forms	Middle Turkic Khorezmian Chagatai
Writin seestem	Laitin, Cyrillic, an Arabic (uised in Afghanistan an Cheenae), Uzbek Braille (Uzbek alphabets)
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Uzbekistan Afghanistan (3rd official leid)
Recognised minority leid in	Tajikistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan (till 2010) Turkmenistan Roushie Cheenae
Regulatit bi	Tashkent State Varsity o Uzbek leid an leeteratur
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	uz
ISO 639-2	uzb
ISO 639-3	uzb – inclusive code Individual codes: uzn – Northren uzs – Soothren
Glottolog	uzbe1247
Linguasphere	44-AAB-da, db
Dark blue = majority; licht blue = minority

Uzbek (O‘zbek tili or O'zbekcha in Laitin script, Ўзбек тили or Ўзбекча in Cyrillic script; أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی in Arabic script) is a Turkic leid an the offeecial leid o Uzbekistan. It haes aboot 25.5 million native speakers, an it is spoken bi the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan an elsewhaur in Central Asie. Uzbek belangs tae the sootheastren Turkic or Uyghur faimlie o Turkic leids, an consequently its lexicon an grammar are maist closely linked tae the Uyghur leid, whiles ither influences rase frae Persie, Arabic an Roushie.