Tajikistan je orile-ede ni Asia. Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, November 6, 1994, Article 2. According to the law signed on Oct. 6, 2009, government documents must be written only in Tajik (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jLJnxvR7y69z29eejXVylsz4UvWA). Despite legal dispositions imposing government documents to be written only in Tajik, the Constitution keeps mentionning Russian as the "language for interethnic communication" (http://www.tajik-gateway.org/index.phtml?lang=ru&id=874) The World Factbook, People of Tajikistan "Tajikistan". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2009-10-01.  "Human Development Report 2009: Tajikistan". The United Nations. Retrieved 2009-10-18.