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Turkish vs Uzbek
Turkish and Uzbek sit in the same corner of the writing-system map — Grafle's Latin group — and players mix them up constantly. Here's the fastest way to tell them apart.
The tell
Uzbek has o'/g' apostrophe letters and uses q freely; Turkish has ğ, ş and dotless ı but never q.
Side by side
Turkish
Bütün insanlar hür ve haysiyet bakımından eşit doğarlar.
Merhaba, bugün nasılsın?
Ağaç yaşken eğilir.
Turkish's own tells
- The dotless ı is the classic tell, plus ğ and ş.
- Never uses q, w or x.
On signs in:
- Turkey
- Cyprus
Uzbek
Barcha odamlar erkin, qadr-qimmat va huquqlarda teng bo'lib tug'iladi.
Salom, qalaysiz? Hammasi yaxshimi, do'stim?
O'zbek tili go'zal tildir.
Uzbek's own tells
- Apostrophe letters o' and g' (bo'lib, tug'iladi) are uniquely Uzbek Latin.
- Uses q freely but no ö/ü/ə.
On signs in:
- Uzbekistan