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HISTORIAN: UNLIKE ARMENIA, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN AZERBAIJAN WHICH SPEAK ARMENIAN
arminfo
Tuesday, May 22, 20:28
There are many people in Azerbaijan which speak high level Armenian,
but there are almost no such specialists of Azerbaijani language in
Armenia, Professor of Yerevan State University, Hayrapet Markaryan,
said at today's press-conference.
This may be explained by the fact that despite the great number
of refugees from Azerbaijan to Armenia, not many of them spoke
Azerbaijani at the needed level. "The great majority of Armenian
intelligentsia and educated people were living in Baku. But a few
of them knew Azerbaijani language, as they were the holders of the
Russian language and were circulating in the Russian language circle.
They knew Azerbaijani language at the domestic level. As for the
Azerbaijanis which left Armenia, they got Armenian education and
speak Armenian very well", - Markaryan said.
He also added that the demand for specialists of Azerbaijani as well as
Georgian languages has been growing in Armenia. However, the Caucasus
studies is not only learning of a language. It is linked with policy,
and at present all the cultural processes depend just on the policy,
he said and added that for this reason it is very much necessary to
study the countries which border to Armenia. He also emphasized that
one should not get information about the Caucasus from the Russian
mass media, as Russian interests prevail in its coverage.
From: A. Papazian
arminfo
Tuesday, May 22, 20:28
There are many people in Azerbaijan which speak high level Armenian,
but there are almost no such specialists of Azerbaijani language in
Armenia, Professor of Yerevan State University, Hayrapet Markaryan,
said at today's press-conference.
This may be explained by the fact that despite the great number
of refugees from Azerbaijan to Armenia, not many of them spoke
Azerbaijani at the needed level. "The great majority of Armenian
intelligentsia and educated people were living in Baku. But a few
of them knew Azerbaijani language, as they were the holders of the
Russian language and were circulating in the Russian language circle.
They knew Azerbaijani language at the domestic level. As for the
Azerbaijanis which left Armenia, they got Armenian education and
speak Armenian very well", - Markaryan said.
He also added that the demand for specialists of Azerbaijani as well as
Georgian languages has been growing in Armenia. However, the Caucasus
studies is not only learning of a language. It is linked with policy,
and at present all the cultural processes depend just on the policy,
he said and added that for this reason it is very much necessary to
study the countries which border to Armenia. He also emphasized that
one should not get information about the Caucasus from the Russian
mass media, as Russian interests prevail in its coverage.
From: A. Papazian