DUSHANBE, October 3, 2012, Asia-Plus — On October 5, Tajikistan will mark State Language Day.
On this occasion, a number of events will take place in the Tajik capital tomorrow. The main event with participation of representatives of Tajik intelligentsia will take place at the Opera and Ballet Theater in Dushanbe.
The State Language Day had been celebrated annually on July 22, the anniversary of the designation of Tajik as the state language in 1989, until 2010, when on July 21 President Rahmon amended the date to October 5.
A new law on official languages that went into effect in Tajikistan in October 2009 removed Russian as the “language for interethnic communication.”
This year, State Language Day coincides with the 60th anniversary of President Emomali Rahmon.
