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Consonant Deletion

  • dropping of the sound /z/:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
sizlarsilayou (plural)
kelasizlarkelasilayou will come
  • dropping of the sound /l/:
    • It drops in following verbs: kel-, bo’l-, qol-, sol-, qil-, ol- in certain positions:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
qolmadiqomadidid not last/left
qolsa qolsinqosa qosinlet it/him/her stay
olib kelobkeplease bring
olsaosaif he/she takes
bo'lsabo’saif there
olmadiomadihe/she did not take
  • It drops in the 1st and 2nd person plural forms:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
bizlarbizawe
sizlarsilayou
  • It drops in the words oltmish, tashla-, ushla-:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
oltmishotmushsixty
tashlatashadrop
ushlaushacatch/take
  • dropping of the sound / r/:
    • This is seen in the suffix –lar:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
ketinglarketiylago
boringlarboriylacome (from)
kelinglarkeliylacome (to)
  • It drops in words such as qumursqa and bormi:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
qumursqaqumusqaant
bormibo:miis/are there?
  • dropping of the sound /q/:
    • It occurs at the end of words:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
taroqtaro:brush
chiroqchiro:light
buloqbulo:spring waters
  • It occurs in numerals containing the word qirq (forty):
NumberTashkent Dialect
41qirbir
42qirikki
43qiruch
44qirto’r
45qirbesh
46qirolti
47qiryetti
48qirsakkiz
49qirto’qqiz
  • dropping of the sound /ng/:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
meningmanimy
seningsaniyour(informal)
sizningsizziyour(formal)
uningunihis/her
bizningbizaniour
sizlarningsilaniyour(plural)
ularningulanitheir
  • dropping of the sound /h/:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
gohgo:sometimes
xohlasaxo:lasaif he/she wants
  • dropping of the sound /g’/:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
o'g'limo:limmy son
og’riyaptio:rivottiIt hurts.
yog’yo:oil
sariyog’sariyo:butter
  • dropping of the sound /d/:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
xursandxursanhappy
farzandparzanchild
  • dropping of the sound /t/:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
to’rtto’rfour
go’shtgo’shmeat
g’ishtg’ishbrick
mushtmushfist
  • dropping of the sound /y/:
Literary languageTashkent DialectTranslation
jiydaji:daoleaster
kiymaki:madon’t wear