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1 (National)
Uzbek, Northern
[uzn]
1 (National). Statutory national language (1995, Official Language Law (amended), 3561-XI, Article 1). 24,500,000 in Uzbekistan (2019 World Factbook). Ethnic population: 27,600,000 (2019 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 27,745,270.
3 (Wider communication)
Russian
[rus]
3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 11,800,000 in Uzbekistan (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 4,720,000 (2019 World Factbook). Ethnic population: 759,000 (2019 World Factbook).
5 (Developing)
Armenian, Western
[hyw]
5* (Developing). 65,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Crimean Tatar
[crh]
5* (Developing). 177,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Karakalpak
[kaa]
5* (Developing). Statutory language of provincial identity in Karakalpakstan (1995, Official Language Law (amended), 3561-XI, Article 3). 726,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Ethnic population: 726,000 (2019 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 869,870.
5 (Dispersed)
Kazakh
[kaz]
5* (Dispersed). 824,000 in Uzbekistan (2019). Ethnic population: 825,000 (2019 World Factbook).
Korean
[kor]
5* (Dispersed). 182,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Tajik
[tgk]
5* (Dispersed). 1,450,000 in Uzbekistan (2019 World Factbook). Ethnic population: 1,580,000 (2019 World Factbook).
Turkish
[tur]
5* (Dispersed). 143,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
6a (Vigorous)
Bukharic
[bhh]
6a* (Vigorous). 3,840 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Russian Sign Language
[rsl]
6a (Vigorous). 22,000 in Uzbekistan (2008 WFD). Another estimate: 100,000–200,000, assuming 0.3%–0.6% of the total population (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL).
8a (Moribund)
Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken
[auz]
8a (Moribund). 700 (1992 G. Watson).
Unestablished
Azerbaijani, North
[azj]
Unestablished. 59,600 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Bashkort
[bak]
Unestablished. 46,500 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Belarusian
[bel]
Unestablished. 21,200 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Chechen
[che]
Unestablished. 1,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Chuvash
[chv]
Unestablished. 13,100 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Dargwa
[dar]
Unestablished. 2,600 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Dungan
[dng]
Unestablished. 1,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Erzya
[myv]
Unestablished. 16,200 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Georgian
[kat]
Unestablished. 6,200 in Uzbekistan (2019).
German, Standard
[deu]
Unestablished. 17,200 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Greek
[ell]
Unestablished. 5,300 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Kyrgyz
[kir]
Unestablished. 282,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Lak
[lbe]
Unestablished. 3,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Lezgi
[lez]
Unestablished. 4,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Lithuanian
[lit]
Unestablished. 2,000 in Uzbekistan (2010 J. Leclerc).
Mari, Meadow
[mhr]
Unestablished. 5,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Ossetic
[oss]
Unestablished. 7,800 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Parya
[paq]
Unestablished. 1,000 in Uzbekistan (2008).
Persian, Iranian
[pes]
Unestablished. 33,300 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Polish
[pol]
Unestablished. 3,300 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Romanian
[ron]
Unestablished. 8,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Tatar
[tat]
Unestablished. 702,000 in Uzbekistan (2017). Ethnic population: 479,000 (2017).
Turkmen
[tuk]
Unestablished. 197,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Udmurt
[udm]
Unestablished. 4,140 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Ukrainian
[ukr]
Unestablished. 72,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Uyghur
[uig]
Unestablished. 48,500 in Uzbekistan (2019).