til.uz: everything about the Uzbek language on one platform
On October 14, the presentation of the free national digital portal of the Uzbek language, til.uz, took place in Tashkent. The portal combines reference, scientific, and cultural resources, provides an opportunity to consult dictionaries, get acquainted with Uzbek folklore, and study dialects. The goal of the project is to promote the preservation, study, and popularization of the Uzbek language, systematize knowledge about its richness and diversity, and ensure broad and free access to linguistic […]
til.uz: everything about the Uzbek language on a single platform
On October 14, a presentation of the free national digital portal for the Uzbek language, til.uz, took place in Tashkent.
The portal combines reference, scientific, and cultural materials, allowing users to access dictionaries, explore Uzbek folklore, and study dialects. The project's mission is to promote the preservation, study, and popularization of the Uzbek language, systemize knowledge about its richness and diversity, and ensure broad and free access to language resources using modern digital technologies.
"If a person loses money, they can earn it again. If they lose property, they can restore it. But if a nation loses its language, no amount of money will help recover what was lost. Today, we see how young people communicate on social networks, making errors in speech and writing. Striving to appear more modern, some mix Uzbek words with foreign ones. As a result, we are gradually losing part of our linguistic wealth, and along with it, part of our history and cultural heritage. It was precisely these reflections that led our team to the idea of creating a project dedicated to the preservation and development of the Uzbek language. Our common task is to preserve our native language and pass it on to future generations," noted Kamoliddin Beknazarov, Chairman of the Board of the HAYOT Foundation.
The portal consolidates resources for learning the Uzbek language and discovering its cultural heritage: dictionaries, folklore, and information about dialects. It also features tools for working with Uzbek text: translation between Latin and Cyrillic scripts and search capabilities that account for potential spelling inaccuracies. Users can find the necessary information even if they are unsure of a word's exact spelling.
All materials are available free of charge. No registration is required to use the main resources.
"I arrived in Uzbekistan four years ago and really wanted to learn the Uzbek language. But detailed information about words—the context in which they are used, how they translate into other languages, and so on—had to be gathered bit by bit from scanned PDF files on the Internet, paper dictionaries, and Google Translate. I had also heard a lot about the diversity of Uzbek dialects, but finding information about them was extremely difficult. That is how the idea for a language portal was born, where anyone could go and get all the necessary information, regardless of whether they are a native speaker or, like me, just starting to learn it. We have gathered reliable, verified information in one place that people can rely on and find easy to use," said Veronika Komarova, Head of the Project Office at the HAYOT Foundation. "It is important to understand that a language is a living organism. Our portal is also a living organism. We encourage feedback from everyone. We invite linguists, philologists, folklorists, and dialectologists to join us to make this resource a truly complete and comprehensive portal for the Uzbek language together."
The portal is designed for schoolchildren, university students, teachers, journalists, researchers, and anyone who uses the Uzbek language in daily life or work. And everyone can make a contribution: scientists with knowledge, teachers with experience and professional skills, business representatives with resources, and technology companies with modern solutions. Even an ordinary user can help simply by supporting the project and sharing it with others. til.uz provides for the consistent addition of materials and new sections. Future plans include creating a showcase of AI developments dedicated to the Uzbek language.
The project is being implemented by the CSR platform HAYOT Foundation of the "Renaissance" National Center for Support and Development of Initiatives, with the support of Gross Insurance Company and the National Media Association of Uzbekistan. The airline Centrum Air serves as the official carrier of the project, supporting trips by dialectologists to the regions of Uzbekistan to collect, study, and preserve dialects and living speech. The technical partner is Tilmoch, an artificial intelligence-based translation platform for Turkic and neighboring languages. Information support is provided by the Media Content Preparation Center under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.