Yoqub Saidov

SUMMARY 
The following manual is prepared in accordance with the themes of the 
discipline “The History of Language” approved by the decree of The Ministry 
of Higher and Secondary Special Education.
It is obvious that the discipline of “The History of Language” for 
Bachelor Degree students of Uzbek philology faculty contains in itself the 
courses of “Ancient Turkish language”, “Old Uzbek language and writing”, 
“The Historical grammar of the Uzbek language” and “The history of the Uzbek 
literary language”. The following manual summarizes the themes taught by the 
above mentioned courses both theoretically and practically.
Besides, the manual is designed in accordance with the requirements of 
“Uzbekistan State Standards” and it reveals the issues such as the language and 
the sources of the literary language during the Karakhanids dynasty, the place 
of the work “Devoni lugotit turk” in the comparative Turkic studies, the role of 
Khorezm memoirs in the development of the language as well as Alisher 
Navai’s role in the development of the literary language in accordance with 
modern principles.
In the following manual the works of old Turkic language and old Uzbek 
literary language are classified, manuscripts in above mentioned languages such 
as “Qutadgu bilig” (Yusuf Khos Khojib), “Hibatul haqoyiq” (Akhmad 
Yugnakiy), literary works such as “Uguznoma”, “Gulistoni bit-turkiy”(Sayfi 
Saroyi), “Muhabbatnoma” (Khorazmiy), “Qissasi Rabguziy” (Nosiruddin 
Rabguziy), poems of Atoiy, Sakkokiy, Lutfiy, Alisher Navoiy’s poems and 
works, as well as his style, their lexical and grammatical norms, his place in 
Uzbek and world literature are analyzed. Besides, the book gives thorough 
analysis of the dictionaries such as “Devoni lugotit turk”, “Attuhfatuz zakiyat 
fillulugatit turkiya”, the style of the language of the important manuscripts 

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concerning the history of Uzbek language are revealed through factual materials 
and the information on the lexical, grammatical, partially, phonetical 
development of Uzbek literary language of the above mentioned period is 
generalized.
In the manual there is given interpretation of the issues of the 
relationship of Uzbek literary language with the manuscripts created during old 
Turkic language, particularly, in the period of the XI-XIV centuries and during 
the Oltin Urda literary period in the comparative aspect. The poets and the 
writers who contributed significantly in the development of the Uzbek literary 
language are studied and the linguistic features of their works are thoroughly 
revealed.
Likewise, the manual reveals the problems concerning the relationship 
between contemporary Uzbek language as well as its dialects and Old Turkic 
language, particularly, their lexical content, the stages of the development of 
Uzbek literary language, the place of Uzbek literary language among other 
Turkic languages and its relation with other language groups. The themes 
concerning the history of the Uzbek literary language is enriched with new 
scientific ideas, especially, in detail lexical and literary analysis of the works is 
given.