Last Change:
06/16/2025
The Constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 140 "On the State Language of the Kyrgyz Republic"
Original names of the law: Кыргыз Республикасынын мамлекеттик тили жөнүндө Конституциялык Мыйзамы
Year: 2023
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Education, Nationality & facilitated naturalization
Description
The Constitutional Law on the State Language establishes the legal framework for the use of the state language in the Kyrgyz Republic and the implementation of state language policy. It outlines the duties of state bodies, institutions, organizations, and local self-government bodies in creating conditions for its development, and ensures citizens' right to use the state language of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Selected provisions
The state language of the Kyrgyz Republic is subject to mandatory use:
1) in the activities of state bodies, local government bodies, enterprises, institutions and organizations of all forms of ownership;
2) in the process of preparing and holding elections and referendums;
3) in legal proceedings, the Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies of the Kyrgyz Republic;
4) when concluding international treaties to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party;
5) when developing regulatory legal acts, office work and document flow;
6) in the names of state bodies, local government bodies, institutions and organizations of all forms of ownership;
7) in geographical names and names of toponymic objects, in names;
8) in information about goods and services;
9) in the activities of notary offices, the preparation of documents certifying the identity of a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic, the production of forms of certificates of state registration of civil status acts, the preparation of documents on education and (or) qualifications and other forms of the state sample;
10) in the spheres of education, science, culture, television and radio broadcasting programs, mass media, book publishing, user interfaces of computer programs and websites, public events, advertising, transport, and consumer services;
11) in other spheres determined by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
1. In the education system of the Kyrgyz Republic, the state language is the main language of instruction and upbringing in pre-school educational and training organizations, in primary, secondary and higher vocational education organizations, and in organizations of additional vocational education. 2. In pre-school educational organizations, general education organizations (schools, lyceums, gymnasiums), and organizations of initial vocational education with Russian or other languages of instruction, the teaching and study of the Kyrgyz language is ensured for the entire period of study. In organizations of secondary and higher vocational education with Russian and other languages of instruction, the teaching of the state language is carried out in the volumes established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. 3. In general education organizations (schools, lyceums, gymnasiums), written and oral translation (from class to class), final exams are mandatory, and in primary, secondary and higher vocational education organizations - entrance and final exams in the Kyrgyz language. 4. In specialized schools where children with hearing disabilities are taught, instruction in Russian sign language is permitted.