Uzbek is a Turkic language with about 16.5 million speakers
mainly in Uzbekistan. but also in Australia, China, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia), Turkmenistan, Ukraine and the USA.
An early form of Uzbek, known as Chagatai (one of the sons of Genghis Khan) and
written with the Arabic script, emerged as a literary
language in the 14th century. A version of the Latin alphabet replaced the Arabic
script in 1927, and was in turn replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1940. Recently,
moves have been made to reintroduce the Latin alphabet.
Arabic alphabet for Uzbek (ئۇزبېك الفباسى)
Cyrillic alphabet for Uzbek (ўзбек алифбоси)
Latin alphabet for Uzbek (o’zbek alifbosi) - 1995 version
Uzbek sample text
Arabic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
Барча одамлар эрҝин, қадр-қиммат ва ҳуқуқларда танг бўлиб туғиладилар. Улар ақл ва виждон соҳибидирлар ва бир-бирларига биродарларча муомала қилишлари зарур.
Latin alphabet
Barcha odamlar erkin, qadr-qimmat va huquqlarda tang bo'lib tug'iladilar.
Ular aql va vijdon sohibidirlar va bir-birlariga birodarlarcha muomala qilishlari zarur.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
If you need to type in many different languages, the Q International Keyboard can help. It enables you to type almost any language that uses the Latin, Cyrillic or Greek alphabets, and is free.
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