The Tuvan component of the bilingual space or reflections on the strategy of state support of the Tuvan language
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2023.4.20Keywords:
state strategy; language policy; Tuvan language; Tuva; native language; linguistic shift; public discourseAbstract
The article undertakes an analysis of the problematic aspects surrounding the operation of the Tuvan component within the context of contact bilingualism from a dynamic and context-dependent standpoint. The focus is directed towards examining the emerging discourse on language policy in the Republic of Tuva, specifically delving into the State Strategies aimed at supporting the Tuvan language. The unveiling of this Strategy took place during the proceedings of the Interregional Scientific and Practical Conference titled “The Future of Languages in Sayan-Altai: Preservation and Development” (September 14–15, 2023), hosted by the Tuvan Institute of Humanities and Applied Socio-Economic Research under the Government of the Republic of Tuva and Tuvan State University in Kyzyl, Tuva, Russia.
The authors delve into an analysis of the developmental stages of contact bilingualism within the Republic of Tuva. Economic, cultural, and linguistic transformations have manifested in the language dynamics of Tuva, giving rise to distinct forms of bilingualism, diverse groups of Tuvan-speaking children, and varied types of linguistic interferences. Presently, scholars observe a linguistic shift towards the Russian language, accompanied by the complete or partial erosion of proficiency in the Tuvan language. This trend becomes increasingly conspicuous and finds implicit articulation within the State Program “Development of the Tuvan Language for 2017–2020”. The explicit formulation of the linguistic shift predicament is introduced for the first time within the new institutional discourse of the Republic, as outlined in the decree by the Head of the Republic of Tuva titled “Strategies for State Support and Development of the Tuvan Language for the Period from 2024 to 2033”. The article scrutinizes this phase of Tuva's language policy and elucidates the associated challenges in implementing language planning, primarily in the realms of education and information-communicative technologies.
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Borgoiakova T. G. and Bitkeeva A. N. Tuvinskii komponent bilingval’nogo prostranstva ili razmyshleniia o strategii gosudarstvennoi podderzhki tuvinskogo iazyka [The Tuvan component of the bilingual space or reflections on the strategy of state support of the Tuvan language]. New Research of Tuva, 2023, no. 4, pp. 290-300. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2023.4.20
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Tamara G. Borgoiakova, N. F. Katanov Khakass State University
Doctor of Philology, Director, Research Institute of Humanities and Sayano-Altai Turkology; Professor, Department of Foreign Linguistics and Language Theory, N. F. Katanov Khakass State University.
Postal address: 92 Lenin St., 655017 Abakan, Russian Federation.
E-mail: tamarabee@mail.ru
Aisa N. Bitkeeva, Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctor of Philology, Head of the Research Center on Ethnic and Language Relations of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Leading Researcher of A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Postal addresses: 1/1 B. Kislovsky per, Moscow, 125009, Russian Federation; 25 а Povarskaya Str., Moscow, 121069, Russian Federation.
E-mail: aisa_bitkeeva@yahoo.com
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