Uzbek

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Uzbek refers to a Turkic ethnic group primarily associated with Uzbekistan and surrounding regions of Central Asia, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical heritage.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Uzbek language 3
Oʻzbek 2
Uzbek American 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
ancestralGroups Iranian-speaking sedentary populations of Central Asia
Oghuz
surface form: Turkic tribes
cultureRegion Central Asia
demographicMajorityIn Uzbekistan
ethnonymFor Uzbeks
historicalPolityAssociated Khanate of Bukhara
surface form: Bukhara Khanate

Khanate of Khiva
surface form: Khiva Khanate

Kokand Khanate
language Uzbek self-linksurface differs
surface form: Uzbek language
languageFamily Turkic languages
majorCitiesAssociated Bukhara, Uzbekistan
surface form: Bukhara

Khiva
Samarkand
Tashkent
minorityReligion Christianity
Shia Islam
primaryRegion Uzbekistan
religion Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam
selfDesignation Uzbek self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oʻzbek
significantPopulationIn Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
subfamily Karluk branch of Turkic languages
traditionalClothing chapan
doppa skullcap
traditionalCrafts carpet weaving
ceramics
embroidery
silk production
traditionalCrops cotton
fruits and vegetables
wheat
traditionalCuisine lagman
plov
samsa
shashlik
traditionalDance Lazgi
traditionalEconomy oasis-based farming
sedentary agriculture
traditionalMusic shashmaqam
traditionalReligionElements folk Islam
pre-Islamic Turkic beliefs
writingSystem Arabic script
Cyrillic script
Latin script

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Uzbeks autonym Uzbek
this entity surface form: Oʻzbek
Uzbeks autonymLanguage Uzbek
Uzbekistan demonym Uzbek
Hazaragi hasInfluenceFrom Uzbek
this entity surface form: Uzbek language
Asian American hasPart Uzbek
this entity surface form: Uzbek American
Afghan American language Uzbek
Ferghana Valley language Uzbek
Khanate of Khiva language Uzbek
Uzbek language Uzbek self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Uzbek language
Uzbeks language Uzbek
this entity surface form: Uzbek language
Andijan languageMajority Uzbek
subject surface form: Bukhara
Afghan languageUsed Uzbek
Tashkent officialLanguage Uzbek
Shahrisabz regionLanguage Uzbek
Uzbek selfDesignation Uzbek self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Oʻzbek