Tufan, Sirin2015-10-142015-10-142015BEYKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ On Multi-ethnicity, Multilingualism and Language Policy in The Republic of Macedonia Şirin TUFAN Volume 8 (2) 2015, 6-311307 - 5063In this paper we focus on the multi-ethnic and multilingual reality in the Republic of Macedonia (henceforth RM). Special emphasis is given to the implementation of language policies in the RM. The RM as a multi ethnic and multilingual state is home to Slav Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Vlachs, Roma and many other communities. Language rights in the RM have always been regulated by law. Ohrid framework agreement (henceforth OFA), signed in 2001, is a language agreement according to which language rights are based on the majority principle where about languages other than Macedonian spoken by at least 20 per cent of the inhabitants of a municipality can also serve as official languages in local self governments. This study elaborates on the pros and cons of the OFA and comes with possible solutions by emphasising the multiculturalism and multilingualism in RM as a basic ground and common source for integration of all the various communities in the country.enmulti-ethnicitymultilingualismlanguage policyOFAMacedoniaArticle