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Turkmen vs Uzbek
Turkmen 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: apostrophes (o', g'). Turkmen: ý, ň, ä diacritics. Both Central Asian Turkic.
Side by side
Turkmen
Ähli adamlar azat we mertebesi hem-de hukuklary boýunça deň dogulýarlar.
Salam, nähili ýagdaýlaryňyz?
Türkmen dili örän owadan we baý dildir.
Turkmen's own tells
- ý and ň everywhere (boýunça, deň) — plus w where Turkish would use v.
On signs in:
- Turkmenistan
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