Chairman of Azerbaijani parliamentary committee says it is necessary to convene congress on language

"Once we have created a committee on the language, it must operate. The congress on the language must be convened to regulate the activities of this committee," the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliamentary Committee on Culture Nizami Jafarov said.

Jafarov said the largest value of the congress on the language could become reports on linguistics made in it. "Of course, these issues are regularly discussed at the Institute of Linguistics of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Moreover, it is necessary to bring the problems of our language, linguistic science, in particular the language of the press to the attention of the general public," the parliamentarian said.

The chairman of the committee believes the language of the media should be largely discussed in the coming congress. "In this regard, it is also necessary to convene the congress on the language," said Jafarov.

There is a presidential decree to develop the Azerbaijani language as a language of the state, many laws and regulations, the parliamentarian said.

"Over last 15 years, the Azerbaijani language has really become the state language. Many our senior officials who did not speak the Azerbaijani language earlier currently speaks this language. But despite this, there are still many problems to be solved, although the beginning of the process can be described as quite effective," he said.

Jafarov said one of key problems is related to publishing textbooks for universities. "The books in the Azerbaijani language on technical subjects leave much to be desired. Our language achieved the greatest success in publicism. The whole society has been involved in this process," he added.

/Trend News/