RFE/RL Russian Federation Report on language legislation in Udmurtia

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RFE/RL Russian Federation Report on language legislation in
Udmurtia


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RFE/RL Russian Federation Report
Vol. 3, No. 33, 29 November 2001

A Survey of Developments in the Regions Outside Moscow Prepared by the
Staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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UDMURT

LANGUAGE GIVEN LOWER STATUS IN LOCAL LAW? Deputies in Udmurtia's
legislative assembly approved on 27 November a law establishing the
republic's state language, Interfax-Eurasia reported. According to the
republic's constitution, the state languages in Udmurtia were Russian
and Udmurt. Under the new law, state organs can use Udmurt along with
the Russian Federation's state language, Russian. Official signatures
within the republic's borders should be made in both languages, but
beyond the republic borders in Russian. Signs for towns, cities,
rivers, and national parks should be written in both languages -
Russian first, then Udmurt. Street signs do not have to be written in
Udmurt. In 1979, over 75 percent of the approximately 750,000 Udmurts
in the USSR claimed Udmurt as their native language, and only 64.4
percent claimed fluency in Russian. JAC/LF

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