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it belongs to its speakers, with state language bodies setting official norms.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q4215335","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Western Karluk","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Chagatai language","type":"related"},{"target":"Uyghur language","type":"related"},{"target":"Uzbekistan","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.uzbek","Wikidata: Q9264 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9264)","ISO 639-1: uz Uzbek","ISO 639-3: uzb Uzbek macrolanguage","Glottolog: uzbe1247 Uzbek"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["speakers: about 35-45 million - estimates","Latin alphabet adopted: 1993 year - revised 1995","Southern Uzbek script: Arabic note - Afghanistan","ISO 639: uz, uzb note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Karluk Turkic language of Uzbekistan and neighbours","Northern Uzbek, Southern Uzbek, Tajikistani Uzbek, Uzbek in Kyrgyzstan, Khwarazm dialect","Uyghur is a sister Karluk language; Tajik is Iranian; Kazakh is Kipchak; Chagatai is the historical literary ancestor","Not a visible object; speech and writing in Latin, Cyrillic or Arabic script."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the language","relay varieties and scripts","describe status with attribution","distinguish related languages"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Partisan framing of script and language policy","Confusing Uzbek with Tajik","Stale script transition information"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Uzbekistan state language law","Minority language rules in neighbouring countries"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a language.","Northern Uzbek","Southern Uzbek","Uzbek in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan","Khwarazm and other Oghuz-influenced dialects","literary standard based on the Tashkent-Fergana dialects"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q9264: Uzbek","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9264","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Uzbek language","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbek_language","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should Southern Uzbek be a separate primary entry?","How should linguistic sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming varieties and country contexts; 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