This article contains the opinions and views of the country's leading researchers and scientists regarding the national encyclopedia of civilizations of centuries and epochs – the book "The Language of the Nation — the essence of the nation", written by the Leader of the nation, respected Emomali Rahmon. This work is based on the content of scientific works of researchers in the field of linguistics, literature, history and culture of the country, and this recently published the two-volume book has acquired a unique status in the scientific circle of researchers and among representatives of the intelligentsia.
The author emphasizes that the book "The language of the nation is the essence of the nation" along with the book "Samples of Tajik literature" by Ustod Sadriddin. Aini and "Tajiks" by Bobojon Gafurov is a unique research work, the greatest reliable source in which more than 3,500 years of the history of the Tajik language, literature, history, culture and civilization of the country are studied and discussed. If the great people of the past — ustod Sadriddin Aini and Bobojon Gafurov — paid tribute to the rich and universal Tajik literature and history and presented it as the real heritage of the nation, then the Leader of the nation, respected Emomali Rahmon, first of all, paid tribute to the Motherland and the greatness of the native Tajik language as the Mother — eternal source of life, raising it status in the international arena among more than 200 countries of the world.
The author also reflected the role of the Leader of the nation in raising the status of the Tajik language in the international arena and today we see that the Tajik language sounds from the mouth of the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the respected Emomali Rahmon from the high rostrum of the UN and other rostrums of the political and cultural level.
Keywords: Tajik language, state language, status of title language, state language policy, Leader of the nation, language development, national independence.