Editing Uzbek language (section)

== Classification ==
{{Main|Turkic languages}}
Uzbek is the western member of the Karluk languages, a subgroup of Turkic; the eastern variant is Uyghur. Karluk is classified as a [[dialect continuum]]. Northern Uzbek was determined to be the most suitable variety to be understood by the most number of speakers of all Turkic languages despite it being heavily [[Persianization|Persianized]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/the-weird-case-of-the-uzbek-language/ | title=The Weird Case of the Uzbek Language }}</ref> excluding the [[Siberian Turkic languages]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.languagesoftheworld.info/language-families/uzbek-the-penguin-of-turkic-languages.html | title=Uzbek, "the penguin of Turkic languages" | date=25 February 2011 }}</ref> A high degree of [[mutual intelligibility]] found between certain specific Turkic languages has allowed Uzbek speakers to more easily comprehend various other distantly related languages.