Uzbek language
- noun
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idioma uzbeko
- She is fluent in both Russian and Uzbek language.
Examples
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I am learning the Uzbek language this year.
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Many folk tales are preserved in the Uzbek language.
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The Uzbek language uses a modified Latin alphabet for official purposes.
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Many people in Uzbekistan speak the Uzbek language fluently.
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The Uzbek language is taught in many schools throughout Uzbekistan.
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She learned the Uzbek language to communicate better with her relatives.
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Travelers often encounter signs in the Uzbek language during their visits to Uzbekistan.
Synonyms
A Turkic language spoken by Uzbek people in Uzbekistan and nearby countries
A Turkic language spoken mainly in Uzbekistan and nearby regions
A language spoken by the Uzbek people of Central Asia, mainly in Uzbekistan
A language spoken by people in Uzbekistan and nearby Central Asian countries
A Turkic language that people in Uzbekistan speak
An older name for the language spoken mainly in Uzbekistan
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward nominal composition: combining 'Uzbek' (the people/ethnonym or adjective for that group) with 'language' yields 'the language of the Uzbek people.' The X + language pattern is cross-linguistically common and fully predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand this meaning.
Etymology
Uzbek language comes from the name of the people called the Uzbeks, and one popular story says they were named after a leader long ago called Uzbek. Language means the way a group 'speaks', so Uzbek language simply means the speech of the Uzbek people.
