'''Uzbek''' (''O'zbek tili'' or ''O'zbekcha'' in [[Latin script]], Ўзбек тили or Ўзбекча in [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic script]], أۇزبېك تیلی in [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic script]]) is a [[Turkic languages|Turkic language]]. It is the official language of [[Uzbekistan]]. It has about 40 million native speakers. It is spoken by the [[Uzbeks]] in [[Uzbekistan]] and elsewhere in [[Central Asia]]. Uzbek belongs to the southeastern Turkic or Uyghur family of Turkic languages.
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'''Uzbek''' (''O'zbek tili'' or ''O'zbekcha'' in [[Latin script]], Ўзбек тили or Ўзбекча in [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic script]], أۇزبېك تیلی in [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic script]]) is a [[Turkic languages|Turkic language]]. It is the official [[language]] of [[Uzbekistan]]. It has about 40 million native speakers. It is spoken by the [[Uzbeks]] in [[Uzbekistan]] and elsewhere in [[Central Asia]]. Uzbek belongs to the southeastern Turkic or [[Karluk languages|Karluk]] family of Turkic languages.