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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 10
Population: 37,732,500
Unreached people groups: 10
UPG population: 37,732,500
Unengaged UPGs: 2
UUPG population: 48,500
Number of countries: 10
Affinity Bloc: Turkic Peoples
Overview: The Uzbeks are the largest ethnic group in Uzbekistan, and they make up the largest Muslim community within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a regional organization of former Soviet Republics. Ethnologue identifies two Uzbek languages. Northern Uzbek is spoken in Uzbekistan; Southern Uzbek is spoken in Afghanistan. In terms of religion, the great majority of Uzbeks are Sunni Muslims.
-- James S. Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press (1994), pp. 706-717).
Peoples within this cluster: Uzbek, Northern; Uzbek, Southern (Afghan Uzbek)
Countries where they are found: Afghanistan; China; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Pakistan; Tajikistan; Türkiye; Turkmenistan; United States; Uzbekistan
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