The Turkic language is a language family that includes Uzbek and TATAR, which are two of its most widely spoken languages. Uzbek is an official language in Uzbekistan and is also spoken in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Russia. TATAR is the official language of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia and is also spoken in Ukraine, Belarus, and other parts of Russia. Both Uzbek and TATAR are written in the Cyrillic alphabet.