Uzbek in Pakistan


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Main Language
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* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.

Introduction / History

The Uzbeks are a mixture of Turkic tribes that have many Mongolian and Iranian traits. The term Uzbek, meaning "master of himself," accurately describes the people. Their love of freedom and sense of restlessness have often caused conflicts with the conquerors who have invaded their homeland, the west central Asian region known as Turkestan, throughout the centuries. The Uzbeks have their own country, Uzbekistan, but they also live in many other countries including Pakistan.


What Are Their Lives Like?

The traditional Uzbek family unit is based on kinship ties. Marriage of children is most often a contractual arrangement that is sealed with a bride price and the bride then lives with the groom's family. Marriages are celebrated with feasting, competitions, and other rituals. Women continue to do much of the household work and handle many of the less skilled and manual jobs. They are often segregated from the men. The traditional dress of the Uzbeks is very distinctive. But today, most wear Western style clothing, especially those who live in large cities. The most common Uzbek houses are built of mud bricks and often have domed roofs. Another style is an oblong, rectangular hut with rooms leading off a long-covered porch and located inside a walled compound. Uzbek mountain men love to play buzkashi, a wild polo-like game with two teams on horseback. The game, which uses the headless carcass of a goat or calf as the "ball," can be very violent and go on for two or three days. The object of the game is to pick up the "ball" and carry it to a goal that may be as far as two miles away. The other team attempts to stop whoever has the animal with any means necessary, even using whips to attack him. Another popular past time is to hunt wild birds with falcons.


The Uzbeks are not open to outside spiritual input.
What Are Their Beliefs?

Most Uzbeks are Sunni Muslims. Like other Muslims, the Uzbeks believe that there is one God, Allah, whose will was revealed through the prophet Mohammed and then recorded in the Koran. The Uzbeks are not generally Orthodox Muslims. Many traditional beliefs have been mingled with their Islamic practices. Pre-Islamic shamanism (belief that there is an unseen world of many gods, demons, and ancestral spirits) survives in an Islamic form. Today the shaman (priest or medicine man) is a practicing Muslim who combines shamanistic trances with reciting Islamic prayers, fasts, and other Islamic practices.


What Are Their Needs?

The Uzbeks in Pakistan need the assurance of salvation and life to the full that will only come if they put their trust in Jesus Christ.


Prayer Points

Pray for workers to go to the Uzbeks in Pakistan. Pray for a spiritual hunger that won't be satisfied by religious systems. Pray for a Disciple Making Movement among Uzbeks.


Scripture Prayers for the Uzbek in Pakistan.


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbeks_in_Pakistan


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Uzbek, Northern
People Name in Country Uzbek
Pronunciation OOZ-bek
Alternate Names Northern Uzbek; Ouzbek; Ozbek; Usbaki; Uzbeki; Wuzibieke; उज़्बेक, नॉर्दर्न
Population this Country 289,000
Population all Countries 32,965,000
Total Countries 18
Indigenous No
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 6
PeopleID3 14039
ROP3 Code 107469
Country Pakistan
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 7  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States on file 5
Largest States
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
134,000
Balochistan
87,000
Punjab
60,000
Sindh
6,800
Islamabad
1,400
Country Pakistan
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 7  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 5
  Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 134,000
  Balochistan 87,000
  Punjab 60,000
  Sindh 6,800
  Islamabad 1,400
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Islam
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
100.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest Pakistan census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Uzbek, Northern (227,000 speakers)
Language Code uzn   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 8
Secondary Languages
Dari
32,000
Pashto, Central
5,500
Pashto, Northern
2,300
Saraiki
2,000
Hindko, Southern
1,300
Urdu
900
Hindko, Northern
800
Primary Language Uzbek, Northern (227,000 speakers)
Language Code uzn   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 8
Secondary Languages
  Dari 32,000
  Pashto, Central 5,500
  Pashto, Northern 2,300
  Saraiki 2,000
  Hindko, Southern 1,300
  Urdu 900
  Hindko, Northern 800
People Groups Speaking Uzbek, Northern

Primary Language:  Uzbek, Northern

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1891-1992)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1992-2010)
Bible-Complete Yes  (2016-2023)
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Film / Video God's Story video God's Story
Film / Video Indigitube.tv Video / Animation Create International
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Uzbek, Northern Jesus Film Project
Film / Video LUMO film of Gospels Bible Media Group/LUMO
Film / Video Magdalena video Jesus Film Project
Film / Video My Last Day video, anime Jesus Film Project
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Mobile App Android Bible app: Muqaddas Kitob Institute for Bible Translation
Mobile App Android Bible app: The Bible in Uzbek (Cyrillic) Institute for Bible Translation
Mobile App Android Bible app: Uzbek, Northern YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App Download audio Bible app as APK file Faith Comes by Hearing
Mobile App iOS Bible app: Mo'jizaviy kitob (Bible stories in Uzbek) Forum Linguistik in Eurasien e.V.
Mobile App iOS Bible app: Muqaddas Kitob (Uzbek Bible) Institute for Bible Translation
Mobile App iOS Bible app: Uzbek, Northern YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App iOS Book Reading App: Expand Your English Forum Linguistik in Eurasien e.V.
Mobile App iOS Book Reading App: Expand Your English: O'zbekcha Forum Linguistik in Eurasien e.V.
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Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project  
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