GRANTING UZBEK LANGUAGE THE STATUS OF THE STATE LANGUAGE: ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL NECESSITY AND SOCIO-POLITICAL PROCESSES

Abstract

The article analyzes the sad state of national languages, including the Uzbek language, and the need to give it the status of a state language as a result of the language policy of the authoritarian Soviet regime. The reasons for the popularity of the aspirations to give the Uzbek language the status of the state language in Uzbekistan are highlighted. The processes of development, two-stage discussion and adoption of the draft law on the state language were analyzed.