Uzbekistan Celebrates Uzbek Language Day: 37 Years Since the Law on State Language

The law was adopted on October 21, 1989, and secured the official status of the Uzbek language. Since then, this date has been celebrated annually as a holiday of the state language. Uzbekistan Airports and its enterprises held a festive program on this occasion, according to the Uzbekistan Airports press service. The event was attended by employees, representatives of the Republican Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment, intellectuals, and the team of the book project 'Mutolaa'. Advisor to the Chairman of the Board on Spirituality and State Language Sarvar Fayzullaev read out the congratulations of the Chairman of the Board Javlonbek Umarhodzhayev. Employees recited poems about their native language, and a dictation in the format of a quiz was held at the end. The winners were awarded books. As UzA notes, Uzbek belongs to the Turkic language family and is spoken by tens of millions of people in Uzbekistan, as well as in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and other countries. According to the agency, on Uzbek Language Day, people especially often recall Alisher Navoi, born in 1441 in Herat. Today, his name is borne by the National Library, theater, university, and city.