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Разнообразие языков и будущее России
Linguistic Variety and Russia's Future

Author(s): Mark Dyachkov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Издательство »Права человека«
Keywords: minority languages; linguistic variety; ethnic group; convention; law; culture; semilingualism

Summary/Abstract: According to Russian law, languages of the Russian Federation are protected by the government. However, many minority languages in Russia with the number of native speakers being around 100 000 are on the verge of extinction. A doctor of arts discusses reasons behind the deplorable situation of some ethnic languages in Russia.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 69-76
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian
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