Uzbek – spoken by the Uzbeks; approximately 27 million speakers Uyghur – spoken by the Uyghurs; approximately 10 million speakers Äynu – spoken by the Äynu; approximately 6,600 speakers (2000) Ili Turki – moribund language spoken by Ili Turkis, who are legally recognized as a subgroup of Uzbeks; 120 speakers, and decreasing (1980) Chagatai – extinct language which was once widely spoken in Central Asia, and remained the shared literary language there until the early 20th century. Karakhanid – literary language of the Chagatai Khanate that is considered a later form of Middle Turkic.