Thursday, 10 November 2005

CALLS FOR RUSSIAN TO LOSE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE STATUS VOICED IN BISHKEK

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The Headquarters for the Protection of the State Language, a union of Kyrgyz non-governmental and political organizations, has called for Russian to be stripped of its status as an official language in Kyrgyzstan. \"When Russian was accepted as an official language, Kyrgyz was pushed even further back into the shadows. Russian has become the dominant language at all official levels,\" the organization\'s representative said on Thursday in Bishkek.
The Headquarters for the Protection of the State Language, a union of Kyrgyz non-governmental and political organizations, has called for Russian to be stripped of its status as an official language in Kyrgyzstan. \"When Russian was accepted as an official language, Kyrgyz was pushed even further back into the shadows. Russian has become the dominant language at all official levels,\" the organization\'s representative said on Thursday in Bishkek. According to the organization, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev should switch all legal affairs in the country to the Kyrgyz language. In addition, the organization requested Bakiyev not to raise the question of introducing double citizenship in Kyrgyzstan. Russian became an official language in Kyrgyzstan in 2000. (Interfax)
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