Uzbeks
Let an agent explain the Uzbeks and their history, relay language, culture and demographics from academic and official sources with attribution, describe communities in Tajikistan and the diaspora neutrally, and distinguish Uzbeks from citizens of Uzbekistan of other ethnicity and from other Turkic peoples.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Uzbeks and their history, relay language, culture and demographics from academic and official sources with attribution, describe communities in Tajikistan and the diaspora neutrally, and distinguish Uzbeks from citizens of Uzbekistan of other ethnicity and from other Turkic peoples.
A Turkic people of Central Asia, the largest ethnic group of Uzbekistan and a major minority in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, with diaspora communities such as Uzbek Americans and Uzbeks in Japan, speaking Uzbek and sharing a Persianate and Islamic cultural heritage; in Tajikistan some groups such as the Karluks and Turks are counted separately, a classification the model reports with attribution.
What it is for: Not applicable; a people.
It can be explain the people; relay history and culture; describe communities abroad; distinguish related peoples.
Distinguishing features
Turkic language
Persianate heritage
Sedentary Central Asian tradition
Cross-border communities
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a people.
Physical character
population: about 35-37 million - estimates
share of Uzbekistan: about 84 percent
Uzbeks in Afghanistan: about 3-4 million - estimates
Uzbeks in Tajikistan: about 12 percent - census, contested
How it is recognised
Turkic people of Central Asia
Uzbeks in Tajikistan, Turks and Karluks of Tajikistan, Uzbek Americans, Uzbeks in Japan
Uzbekistani citizens include Tajiks, Russians and others; Kazakhs and Kyrgyz are other Turkic peoples
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
speaks - a Karluk Turkic language
is the majority in -
In practice
Families and kinds
Uzbeks of Uzbekistan
Uzbeks of Afghanistan
Uzbeks in Tajikistan including groups counted as Turks and Karluks
Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
Uzbek diaspora in the United States, Japan, Russia and elsewhere
Standards and regulation
Uzbekistan citizenship and language laws
Minority policies in Tajikistan and other states
Census classifications
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing of Uzbek-Tajik questions
Conflating ethnicity with citizenship
Registry aliases naming contested census categories
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand Who the Uzbeks are.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- Who are the Uzbeks, and how do they differ from other citizens of Uzbekistan and from other Turkic peoples? definition
- Is the question about the people, a community, history or a contested classification? boundary
Communities
Communities.
Communities
Communities.
- What are the Uzbek communities in Afghanistan, Tajikistan including the Turks and Karluks, and the diaspora in the United States and Japan? definition
- Which entry fits the specific community? action
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did Uzbek identity form from the Shaybanid conquest and earlier Turkic and Persianate populations, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Modern
Modern history.
Modern
Modern.
- How did Russian rule, Soviet national delimitation and independence shape the Uzbeks, with accounts attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Culture Language and culture.
Sources.
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- What is the Uzbek language, and how has its script changed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Traditions
Traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What are Uzbek traditions in cuisine, music, crafts and religion? provenance
- Which entry fits Uzbek culture? action
Context Society today.
Context.
Tajikistan
Uzbeks in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan.
- What is the situation of Uzbeks in Tajikistan, and why are some counted as Turks or Karluks, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits Uzbeks in Tajikistan? action
Diaspora
Diaspora.
Diaspora
Diaspora.
- How have Uzbek diaspora communities formed abroad? provenance
- Which entry fits Uzbek diaspora? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Uzbeks in Tajikistan and Uzbeks in Afghanistan be separate primary entries?
- How should academic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming contested census categories and diaspora communities; should they be split off?