Azerbaijan, Baku, July 6 / Trend M. Aliyev /
Scholars are preparing the proposals to protect and develop the Azerbaijani language.
The discussions started at the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences within the state language development program. It is being prepared according to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's decree, MP Nizami Jafarov told Trend today.
"Several meetings, discussions were held at the academy," he said.
"The scholars have put forward their proposals, which are both scientific and practical."
"It is planned to make an orthoepy dictionary to define the rules of correct pronunciation," he said. "It is planned to reconsider the spelling rules of the Azerbaijani language. The discussions connected with the language of mass media, Azerbaijani language textbooks will
take place. The state of using the Azerbaijani language at the state level will be studied. The influence of other languages on Azerbaijani will be analyzed."
This issue will be discussed the committee on culture of the Azerbaijani Parliament within the autumn session, he said.
On May 23 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the preparation of the state program on the use of Azerbaijani language in the context of globalization, in accordance with the requirements of time and the development of linguistics in the country.