From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/10/2007 3:55 AM
Abkhazia has language revolution
Sukhum/Agency Caucasus - The Abkhazian language was accorded on Friday the status of an official language.
Adopted on November 14 in the Abkhazian parliament, the new law aims at providing anything necessary to render fully function Abkhazian as an official language, to make it available widely for public communication and to help develop it.
*All public institutions as well as organizations will go with Abkhazian as the standard language of communication.
* The state will ensure that all ethnic groups in Abkhazia will have the freedom to use their own languages.
* Public officers, deputies and local authorities must have proficiency in the official language.
* The state will ensure that the official language is taught at schools, developed and rendered functional, and preserved socially, economically, legally ...
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