Uzbeks

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Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group of Central Asia, primarily associated with Uzbekistan but also forming significant communities in neighboring countries such as Afghanistan.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Uzbek 1
Uzbek people 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
ancestralComponents Iranian-speaking sedentary populations of Central Asia
Mongol and other steppe groups
Turkic tribes
associatedState Uzbekistan
surface form: Republic of Uzbekistan
autonym Uzbek
surface form: Oʻzbek
autonymLanguage Uzbek
capitalCityOfMainState Tashkent
cuisineSpecialty lagman (noodle dish)
plov (pilaf)
somsa (samosa-like pastry)
ethnicGroupOf Uzbekistan NERFINISHED
ethnogenesisPeriod 15th–16th centuries
folkDance Lazgi
folkMusicInstrument doira
dutar
historicalPolity Shaybanid dynasty
surface form: Ashtarkhanid (Janid) dynasty

Khanate of Bukhara
surface form: Bukhara Khanate

Khanate of Khiva
surface form: Khiva Khanate

Kokand Khanate
Shaybanid dynasty
historicalRegion Ferghana Valley
surface form: Fergana Valley

Khwarezm
Transoxiana
language Uzbek
surface form: Uzbek language
languageFamily Turkic languages
majorityIn Uzbekistan NERFINISHED
nativeTo Central Asia
primaryPopulationOf Uzbekistan NERFINISHED
religion Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam
significantPopulationIn Afghanistan
Xinjiang
surface form: China (Xinjiang)

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED
Pakistan
Russia
Saudi Arabia (diaspora)
Tajikistan NERFINISHED
Turkey (diaspora)
Turkmenistan NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Oghuz and Karluk Turkic peoples
traditionalEconomy oasis-based trade
sedentary agriculture
traditionalReligionElements Islamic practices
pre-Islamic Turkic beliefs (residual)
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Culture of making and sharing Uzbek plov (with others)
writingSystem Arabic script (historically and in Afghanistan/Pakistan)
Cyrillic script (widely used)
Latin script (modern official in Uzbekistan)

Referenced by (16)

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Afghanistan ethnicGroup Uzbeks
subject surface form: Bukhara
Oghuz Uzbek ethnogenesisOf Uzbeks
this entity surface form: Uzbek people
Uzbek ethnonymFor Uzbeks
Samarkand majorEthnicGroup Uzbeks
this entity surface form: Uzbek
Kazakhs relatedEthnicGroup Uzbeks
Uyghurs relatedEthnicGroup Uzbeks
Mirza usedByEthnicGroup Uzbeks