of April 17, 1993 No. ZR-52
About language
(In edition of the Laws of the Republic of Armenia of 01.06.2005 No. ZR-95, 15.01.2011 of No. ZR-31, 22.04.2011 of No. ZR-91, 09.06.2011 of No. ZR-162, 17.05.2014 of No. ZR-8, 30.03.2018 of No. ZR-305, 11.11.2022 of No. ZR-406, 09.10.2025 of No. ZR-303, 10.11.2025 of No. ZR-332)
Accepted by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia on March 30, 1993
This Law establishes basic provisions of policy in the field of language of the Republic of Armenia, the status of language, the language relations of state governing bodies, companies, organizations and organizations are regulated.
State language of the Republic of Armenia - Armenian which services all spheres of life of the republic. Official language of the Republic of Armenia - literary Armenian.
The Republic of Armenia promotes preserving and distribution of Armenian among the Armenians living out of its borders.
The Republic of Armenia promotes unification of spelling of Armenian.
The Republic of Armenia in the territory guarantees free use of languages of ethnic minorities.
The Republic of Armenia promotes standardization of modern Armenian, development of the principles of standardization of word formation, terminology (terminology), spelling, orthoepy, transcribing and punctuation.
In the law the following basic concepts are effective:
The state language policy – the set of the actions undertaken by the state in the language sphere, directed to protection of interests of state language, ensuring life activity and development of state language in all spheres;
State language – the language fixed by the Constitution and the legislation of the Republic of Armenia, the state care and protection, having priority to the territories of the Republic of Armenia;
Official language – the language submitting to rules of grammar, lexicon, pronunciation of Armenian and the employee to needs of official functioning, society, literature and science;
The official speech – the public speech of citizens of the Republic of Armenia (irrespective of the status) as the official;
Language condition – the set of language realities, tendencies of development and manifestations provided in all-temporary section;
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