Editing Uzbek language (section)

== Writing systems ==
[[File:Adib-i sani.jpg|thumb|upright=0.54|A 1911 text in the [[Arabic alphabet]]]]
[[File:Fiction book in uzbek2.jpg|thumb|right|Covers of translated books in Uzbek. As can be seen, both Latin and Cyrillic scripts are widely used in the country. Most names are also transliterated, for example {{random item|''Aleksandr Dyuma'' is equivalent to [[Alexandre Dumas]]|''Robert Luis Stivenson'' is equivalent to [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]|''Yohann Volfgang Gyote'' is equivalent to [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe]]}}.]]
{{Main|Uzbek alphabet}}

Uzbek has been written in a variety of scripts throughout history:
* 1000–1920s: The traditional Arabic script, first in the Qarakhanid standard and next in the Chagatai standard. This is seen as the golden age of the Uzbek language and literary history. 
* 1920–1928: the Arabic-based [[Yaña imlâ alphabet]].<ref name=Batalden>{{cite book|last=Batalden|first=Stephen K.|title=The Newly Independent States of Eurasia: Handbook of Former Soviet Republics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFjPAxhBEaEC&pg=PA194|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-89774-940-4|page=194}}</ref>
* 1928–1940: the Latin-based [[Yañalif]] was imposed officially.
* 1940–1992: the [[Cyrillic script]] was used officially.<ref>{{Cite book|last=William.|first=Fierman|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/979586152|title=Language Planning and National Development : the Uzbek Experience|date=2 May 2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-085338-4|oclc=979586152}}</ref>
* Since 1992: Switch back to Latin script, with heavy holdover usage of Cyrillic.

Despite the official status of the Latin script in Uzbekistan, the use of Cyrillic is still widespread, especially in advertisements and signs. In newspapers, scripts may be mixed, with headlines in Latin and articles in Cyrillic.<ref name=Euro>{{cite book|author=European Society for Central Asian Studies. International Conference|title=Central Asia on Display |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4olreTVoj0C&pg=PA221| year=2005|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-8258-8309-6|page=221}}</ref> The Arabic script is no longer used in Uzbekistan except symbolically in limited texts<ref name=Euro /> or for the academic studies of [[Chagatai language|Chagatai (Old Uzbek)]].<ref name=Batalden />

In 2019, an updated version of the Uzbek Latin alphabet was revealed by the Uzbek government, with five letters being updated; it was proposed to represent the sounds "ts", "sh", "ch", "oʻ" and "gʻ" by the letters "c", "ş", "ç", "ó" and "ǵ", respectively.<ref name="eurasianet.org">{{cite web | title=Uzbekistan unveils its latest bash at Latin alphabet | date=22 May 2019 | access-date=23 May 2019 | url=https://eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-unveils-its-latest-bash-at-latin-alphabet}}</ref> This would have reversed a 1995 reform, and brought the orthography closer to that of [[Turkish alphabet|Turkish]] and also of [[Turkmen alphabet|Turkmen]], [[Karakalpak alphabet|Karakalpak]], [[Kazakh alphabets|Kazakh]] (2018 version) and [[Azerbaijani alphabet|Azerbaijani]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2019/05/uzbekistan-moves-to-make-its-latin.html|title=Uzbekistan Moves to Make Its Latin Script Closer to One Used in Turkey|last=Goble|first=Paul|date=27 May 2019|website=Window on Eurasia – New Series|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> In 2021, it was proposed to change "sh", "ch", "oʻ" and "gʻ" to "ş", "ç", "ō" and "ḡ".<ref>{{cite news|title=Проект нового узбекского алфавита представлен для обсуждения|url=https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2021/03/16/alphabet/|language=ru|website=Газета.uz|date=16 March 2021|accessdate=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="eurasianet.org"/> These proposals were not implemented.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In the western Chinese region of [[Xinjiang]], in northern [[Afghanistan]] and in [[Pakistan]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Inc |first=IBP |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XVutDwAAQBAJ&dq=Uzbek+language+in+Pakistan&pg=PA61 |title=Afghanistan Labor Policy, Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic Information and Regulations |date=July 2017 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4387-8020-7 |language=en}}</ref> where there is an Uzbek minority, the Arabic-based script is still used. In the early 21st century, in Afghanistan, standardization, publication of dictionaries, and an increase in usage (for example in News agencies' website, such as that of [https://www.bbc.com/uzbek/afghanistan the BBC]) has been taking place.

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|+ style="font-family:'Arial Unicode MS', Arial, sans-serif;" |Modern Latin alphabet
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |А а
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |B b
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |D d
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Е е
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |F f
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |G g
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |H h
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |I i
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |J j
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |K k
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |L l
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |М m
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |N n
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |О о
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |P p
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Q q
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |R r
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |S s
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Т t
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |U u
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |V v
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |X x
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Y y
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Z z
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Oʻ oʻ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Gʻ gʻ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Sh sh
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ch ch
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ng ng
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |
|}

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|+ style="font-family:'Arial Unicode MS', Arial, sans-serif;" |Cyrillic alphabet
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |А а
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Б б
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |В в
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Г г
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ғ ғ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Д д
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Е е
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ё ё
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ж ж
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |З з
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |И и
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Й й
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |К к
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Қ қ
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Л л
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |М м
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Н н
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |О о
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |П п
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Р р
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |С с
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Т т
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |У у
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ў ў
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ф ф
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Х х
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ҳ ҳ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ц ц
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ч ч
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ш ш
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ъ ъ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ь ь
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Э э
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Ю ю
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" |Я я
|}

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|+ style="font-family:'Arial Unicode MS', Arial, sans-serif;" |Modern Arabic alphabet
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ا
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ب
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | پ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ت
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ث
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ج
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | چ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ح
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | خ 
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | د
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ذ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ر 
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ز
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ژ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | س
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ش
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ص
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ض
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ط
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ظ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ع
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | غ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ف
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ق
|-
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ک
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | گ
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ل
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | م
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ن
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | و
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ه
| style="width:3em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | ی
|}