Language policy in the republic of uzbekistan in the period of independence

Abstract

Language policy emerged as a result of language planning activities carried out by states in order to form, strengthen and develop language and national identity. Language policy can be evaluated as an effective means of ensuring interethnic communication as a state policy. Language policy is implemented differently in every state and society. The main reason for this different implementation is that each state has a different ethnic structure. We can say that the language policy in Uzbekistan is developing more optimistically than in other Central Asian countries. President of Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev's decree dated October 21, 2019, connected to the plan "On strengthening the authority and position of the Uzbek language as the state language" is an indicator of the value the state attaches to the Uzbek language. In the decree, it is noted that the state will supervise the protection and development of the state language and the implementation of the works arising from this action plan. Today, a mixed alphabet is used in Uzbekistan. The alphabet changes in 1993, 1995, and 2001 were unsuccessful attempts at rapprochement with other Turkic languages. However, in the action plan adopted by the state in 2019, it is specifically mentioned that additional measures should be taken in order to avoid repeating the mistakes that occurred in the transition to the Latin alphabet in the past. In this article, we will talk about the language policy implemented in Uzbekistan during the period of independence.

Keywords

• language policy
• independence period
• language policy in uzbekistan