"evropuli qartia saqarTvelo "European Charter for Regional or ...

In April 1999 Georgia became a member of the Council of Europe;
therefore, our country has undertaken an obligation to join the
charter entitled "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages"
(ECRML) within the period of one year. The obligation has not yet been
fulfilled.
The ECRML aims to promote the protection of linguistic-cultural
heritage of historical (autochthonous) minority; authors of the ECRML
considered a state’s territorial integrity and integration of minorities as
essential, therefore it was left to the authorities concerned to deal with
the following two issues:
- Where is the boundary between the historical (autochthonous) and
migrant ethnic minorities cf.: some experts have proposed World War I;
Is a 100-year boundary acceptable for a newly de-occupied country that
has been annexed for the last 200 years?
- How to distinguish between a minority language related to a state
language and a dialect of a state language?
The proposed book deals with:
- The Language Charter’s principal terms and objectives;
- Linguistic analysis of Linguistic varieties of the Georgian state language
– Kartvelian idioms and the ways of their preservation.
- Mechanisms of safeguarding linguistic rights of the Abkhazian language
as well as other ethnic minorities residing in Georgia.
Editors: Merab Gvazava
Roseta Gujejiani
Ioseb Asatiani (English Version)
Reviewers:
Prof. Nana Gulua, Doctor of Philology,
Prof. Ivane Lezhava, Doctor of Philology,
Prof. Bezhan Khorava, Doctor of Historical
Sciences
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