How to use Uzbek alphabet converter
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Paste Uzbek text
Type or paste Cyrillic, Latin or new-alphabet text. With From set to Detect, the converter recognises which one it is.
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Pick the alphabet you need
Choose Cyrillic, the 1995 Latin alphabet or the 2026 Latin alphabet under To. The result updates as you type.
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Choose the apostrophe style
For Latin output, pick the official signs (oʻ, maʼno), typographic quotes (o‘, ma’no) or the keyboard apostrophe (o').
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Copy, download or convert files
Copy the result or save it as .txt. Drop Word or text files below to get converted copies with their formatting intact.
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About Uzbek alphabet converter
Uzbek is written in three ways today: Cyrillic, which most books, archives and many offices still use; the Latin alphabet of 1995 with oʻ, gʻ, sh and ch; and the new Latin alphabet in the law the President signed on 21 October 2026, Uzbek Language Day. This converter moves text between any two of them, so a Cyrillic letter can go straight into the 2026 spelling and a Latin report can go back to Cyrillic for readers who prefer it.
The new alphabet has 28 letters and the tutuq (ʼ). It replaces four combinations with single letters: oʻ becomes ö, gʻ becomes ğ, sh becomes ş and ch becomes ç, as in özbek, ğalaba, şahar and çoy. The ng combination is no longer listed as a letter of its own but is still written n and g, so tong and ming do not change.
Cyrillic to Latin follows the 1995 rules: е is ye at the start of a word and after a vowel (ер, поезд → yer, poyezd), ц is ts after a vowel and s elsewhere (лицей, цирк → litsey, sirk), and ъ becomes the tutuq (маъно → maʼno). Capitals are kept, including whole words in capitals: ЎЗБЕКИСТОН becomes OʻZBEKISTON or ÖZBEKISTON.
Word documents are converted in place, so headings, tables, fonts and colours stay as they were. Plain text, subtitles (.srt) and old Windows-1251 Cyrillic files work too.
Going from Latin back to Cyrillic cannot always restore the soft sign and ц of Russian loanwords, because the Latin spelling drops them. Months, words such as kompyuter and litsey, and endings like -tsiya are handled from a list; rarer loanwords may need a manual check.
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Features
The 2026 alphabet
Ö, Ğ, Ş and Ç from the October 2026 law, in both directions, straight from Cyrillic too.
Word files keep their layout
Text inside .docx documents is converted in place: tables, styles, headers and footers stay intact.
Spelling rules, not letter swaps
Ye after vowels, ts or s for ц, the tutuq for ъ, and words written in capitals.
Nothing leaves your device
Documents are converted in your browser, so letters and contracts are never uploaded.
What changes in the 2026 Uzbek alphabet
Four letters change and the rest stay the same. Oʻ oʻ becomes Ö ö, Gʻ gʻ becomes Ğ ğ, Sh sh becomes Ş ş and Ch ch becomes Ç ç. The tutuq (ʼ) stays, as in maʼno and sanʼat, and ng is written as two letters, as before.
The law keeps documents, banknotes and securities issued in the current alphabet valid, and signs and textbooks are to be replaced gradually as they wear out, so both Latin alphabets will be in use for some time.