The overwhelming majority of the European States applies the constitutionalfixed rate: one national state — one official (state) language which is used in territory of allstate. And this rule is applied irrespective of the fact which the nation concept — ethnic or civil —is taken as a principle state developments.Constitutions of the European States a question of determination of the status of languages,as well as a general order of their application, carry to the competence of the highest legislativebodies of the state.Administrative and territorial units are not allocated by the right to determine the statusof languages and can enter a local mode of use of languages only according to prescriptions ofthe constitution and on the basis of the laws accepted by a competent legislative state structure.