Did you know Uzbeki Spoken Arabic is endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tajiki, Central Asian Arabic
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, West, Central, Arabic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		auz
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Information from: “Personal Communication on Judeo-Arabic Languages” . Charles Haberl (2015)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Uzbekistan

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"There are reportedly 900 Afghan Arab families in the villages of Hassanabad, Sultanaregh, Yakhdan, and Khoshhalabad, all in Balkh province, of whom approximately 40 percent have already shifted to Dari."

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PLACES: Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Balkh, Khorasan, Khatlon, Bukhara, Qashqadarya, Samarqand, and Surkhandarya regions.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "The largest single community of Central Arabic speakers, 5,159 out of a total ethnic population of 14,450, resides mainly in the south of Tajikistan, in the villages of Ayvaj, Shaartuz, Beshkent, Sayod, Kabodiyon, Hushadi, Panj, and Farhor. Smaller numbers have migrated to the cities of Dushanbe, Gissar, and Tursunzoda. ... there are reportedly still a few hundred elderly speakers of Arabic in Uzbekistan, in the villages of Jogari and ʿArabkhona near Bukhara, and in the village of Jeinau in the Qashqa Darya region, which are not mutually intelligible."

Uzbeki Spoken Arabic

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Discussion

			2		In press	The Middle East and North Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages			Christopher Moseley											Charles G. Häberl																									"There are reportedly 900 Afghan Arab families in the villages of Hassanabad, Sultanaregh, Yakhdan, and Khoshhalabad, all in Balkh province, of whom approximately 40 percent have already shifted to Dari."				"The largest single community of Central Arabic speakers, 5,159 out of a total ethnic population of 14,450, resides mainly in the south of Tajikistan, in the villages of Ayvaj, Shaartuz, Beshkent, Sayod, Kabodiyon, Hushadi, Panj, and Farhor. Smaller numbers have migrated to the cities of Dushanbe, Gissar, and Tursunzoda. ... there are reportedly still a few hundred elderly speakers of Arabic in Uzbekistan, in the villages of Jogari and ʿArabkhona near Bukhara, and in the village of Jeinau in the Qashqa Darya region, which are not mutually intelligible."	Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan	Balkh, Khorasan, Khatlon, Bukhara, Qashqadarya, Samarqand, and Surkhandarya regions.
					2015	Personal Communication on Judeo-Arabic Languages															Charles Haberl							700		100-999													Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)									Uzbekistan	38.833333, 66.083333;

Uzbeki Spoken Arabic

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