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In this case, bilingual education (Georgian-Azerbaijanian, Georgian-Armenian)
in Azeri and Armenian schools is regarded to be one of
the solutions.
2.3.1.2. State Ianguages in the Autonomous Formation. Presently
in Georgia currently there is Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
where the Georgian and the Abkhazian languages enjoy the status of
state languages (The Constitution of Georgia, Article 8: The state language
of Georgia shall be Georgian, and in Abkhazia – also Abkhazian).
Modern studies reveal that the modern day Abkhazs have moved
from North Caucasus to the territory of Abkhazia at a much later period
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; nevertheless, having in mind the current reality, the Abkhazs (selfidentification:
Apsua) has no other native land rather than Georgia. Accordingly,
in any event the legitimate governments of Georgia and the
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia must ensure survival of Abkhazian
ethnos and language. Herewith we would like to notice that today under
the Russian occupation the Abkhazian language is threatened than ever.
2.3.1.3. Local Varieties (/Dialects) of Georgia’s State Language
– the Georgian Literary Language; How to Protect Them?
Tremendous amount of historical facts confirm that the Georgians
from different regions (the Acharans, the Gudamaqarians, the Gurians,
the Tushs, the Imeretians, the Imerkhevians, the Kakhetians, the Laz,
the Lechkhumians, the Livanans, the Machakhelians, the Megrels,
the Meskhs, the Mtiuletians, the Mokhevians, the Rachans, the Svans,
373 Ancient Georgian inscriptions discovered in North-Western Georgia, analysis of the
Abkhazian lexicon as well as the Kartvelian onomastic materials suggest that the modern-day
Abkhazian territory was mainly inhabited by the Georgians from times immemorial
until the 16 th century; as for the foreign ethnic element, the Greek ethnic group
was among the inhabitants of several coastal cities (trading locations) during this period,
especially at the beginning of the new era, thought due to the small size, this ethnic
group could not significantly affect the ethnic and linguistic situation in the region (T.
Gvantesladze, 2008; T. Gvantesladze, 2009). The hypothesis about the dominance of the
Greek language on the entire territory of Western Georgia could not be proved. On the
contrary, historical sources and documentary materials prove that Western Georgia was
an inseparable part of the state of Kartli (Georgia) and the Georgian Orthodox Church.
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