Written in three alphabets and spoken across Central Asia by 35 million people, Uzbek is the second most widely used Turkic language after Turkish. It is also the sole official language of Uzbekistan, ...

In June 2010, southern Kyrgyzstan erupted in violence between the Uzbek minority and Kyrgyz majority. Almost 500 people were killed, hundreds injured, and many thousands left homeless in the Osh and ...

Uzbekistan has for the first time in its history opened a college devoted exclusively to the study of Uzbek language and literature. The Alisher Navoi University, which was created at the behest of ...

Soon after the Uzbek Ministry of Justice proposed legal change that will fine government officials for failing to use the Uzbek language in written business, Russian media picked up the story and ...

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoev has issued a decree to hasten the full transition of the Uzbek language from the Cyrillic to Latin alphabet. The decree issued on October 21 outlines language ...

TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan on Monday pushed back against Russian criticism of its plans to enforce the use of the Uzbek language in the civil service, in a rare rebuke of Moscow by Tashkent amid ...

The number of centers for teaching the Uzbek language in foreign higher education institutions will be increased by 2030 from the existing 17 to 60, and the Uzbek Language Friends clubs will be ...

In a recent article on the renaming of towns in Tajikistan, Catherine Putz makes the argument that such an act is a waste of time. While it is true that Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries ...

The country's decision to block the Uzbek-language wiki may be more about showmanship and nationalism than controlling information. I have a suspicion that what prompted the Wikipedia ban at the end ...

2001-12-10 04:00:00 PDT Hairaton, Afghanistan-- Its name smacked of a previous regime, as did the banners pinned to the lone locomotive that trundled across the bridge. "Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are ...

Among the numerous recent hardships endured by Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, the closure of Uzbek-language schools ranks among the most discouraging. Uzbek schools were already starved of funding ...