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southern uzbek language
The SouthernUzbekLanguage is an EasternTurkicLanguage of Afghanistan. SIL code: UZS. ISO 639-2: tut. Population: 1,403,000 or 9% of population in Afghanistan (1991 WA). Population total all countries: 1,455,000 or more. Region: Many places in north Afghanistan, especially Fariab Province. Maimana town is largely Uzbek. Also possibly in Germany. Also spoken in Pakistan, Turkey (Asia). Alternate names: UZBEKI, USBEKI, UZBAK. Comments: Limited understanding of Northern Uzbek. Differences in grammar and loan words from Western Farsi. City dwellers are bilingual in Dari, village dwellers have limited ability in Dari. 20% use Dari as second language. Pashto is also used. The only literature is 2 journals, circulation 400. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30% (?) Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 25% in Dari. Arabic script, orthography not yet standardized. Mainly settled agriculturalists, some nomads, some craftsmen in gold, jewels, pottery, leather. Hanafi Sunni Muslim. Also spoken in: Turkey (Asia). (Language name: UZBEK, SOUTHERN.) Population: 1,981 in Turkey (1982). Comments: Refugees from Afghanistan, now Turkish citizens. Distinct from Northern Uzbek of Uzbekistan and China. Sunni Muslim.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesaltaic languageAn AltaicLanguage is any one of 65 languages forming a major family of languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 eastern turkic languageAn EasternTurkicLanguage is any of seven TurkicLanguages of China and other parts of Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 turkic languageA TurkicLanguage is any one of 40 related AltaicLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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