THE ROLE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MODERN UZBEKISTAN.

Abstract

Abstract: Uzbekistan is a multinational country with the Uzbek language as the only official state language. The Russian language performs the function of a lingua franca for all the ethnical minorities and has been widely used in the country as a second mother tongue. However, since the declaration of independence the importance of the English language has been increasing in all aspects of Uzbek people’s life.