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 ...

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, ...