UZBEK-TAJIK BILINGUALISM AND ITS HISTORICAL FEATURES
The Republic of Tajikistan is multinational country, where representatives of the Uzbek nationality are the first indigenous people after the Tajik nationality. The base of the Uzbek Tajik bilingualism was formed in ancient times and has a close conneetion with the concept of mixed, impure, Turkic languages. Uzbek Tajik bilingualism appeared on the base of Uzbek Tajik language contact and belongs to proximal type of language contaet. Under influence of Uzbek Tajik and Tajik Uzbek bilingualism the peculiar level of Tajik Persian words was formed in the lexicon of Uzbek language, also the level of Turkic Uzbek words was formed in the Tajik lexicon, that favorably influences perfection of both languages and leads to their mutual development.