LAW on the State Language of Georgia

1. Georgian shall be the State Language of Georgia.

Note: application of the minority languages at the certain institutions will be determined by the separate law.

2. The paper work and discussion at the National Council of Georgia shall be carried out in Georgian.

3. The representative of national minority having no command in Georgian may deliver the speech in his own language.

Note: the rule of the language application and translation shall be determined by the Regulations elaborated by the Council.

1 October 1918

Chairman of the National Council of Georgia N. Chkheidze

Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Georgia N. Zhordania

(Newspaper “Sakartvelos Respublika”, N 59, 6 October 1918; Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, f. 1863, desc.1, file 47, p.12)