From 2002 to 2010, between the National Population Censuses, the number of Udmurts who know the Udmurt language, declined by 30.7 percent, according to “KP-Izhevsk” with reference to the press service of the State Council of Udmurtia.

A visiting session of the Presidium of the Republican Parliament in the Sharkan area was devoted to the issue. It was decided to establish a working group which will prepare amendments to the law on official languages ​​of Udmurtia. The group will gather and consider all proposals for improvement of the language legislation. Vladimir Nevostruev, the Parliament Speaker, said that it is too early to talk about some specific innovations. The working group will analyze and prepare proposals.