Language distribution of urban everyday life in Sakha: sociolinguistic dimension (according to data from 2021)
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2023.4.21Keywords:
Yakut language; linguistic distribution; interpersonal communication; linguistic situation; urban everyday life; Sakha; Yakutsk; Republic of Sakha; YakutiaAbstract
The article undertakes an analysis of the linguistic challenges pertaining to everyday language use and the distribution of language in the urban context of the Sakha (Yakuts) population in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia, Russia). The analytical framework is constructed on the basis of extensive sociolinguistic surveys conducted in 2021 in Yakutsk. The study presents a dynamic portrayal of the functioning of the Yakut language in the polyethnic urban landscape of Yakutsk, drawing from prior research conducted in 1985, 2007, and 2014. Additionally, a comparative examination of the linguistic landscape in mono-ethnic rural areas within the republic is carried out.
A discernible trend is identified wherein the Yakut language is progressively assuming broader functions in interpersonal communication within the urban milieu. Urbanized Sakha individuals predominantly utilize the Yakut language in domestic settings, as well as in interactions with friends and colleagues. The sustained use of the Yakut language is primarily attributed to the heightened demographic and communicative influence of the urban Yakut-speaking population, which has undergone migration from rural areas. However, intergenerationally, there is a notable shift towards the displacement of the Yakut language by Russian. Bilingualism, particularly prevalent among the younger generation, functions as a transitional stage in this linguistic evolution. This phenomenon is observed not only in urban settings but is also evident in rural areas, potentially laying the groundwork for further linguistic transformations.
The study emphasizes that the infiltration of non-ethnic languages, facilitated by the propagation of imbalanced bilingualism and the adoption of new digital communication practices in unregulated (amorphous) communicative domains, may substantially erode the position of the regional non-dominant language, which holds official status within the republic.
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Danilov I. A. and Ivanova N. I. Yazykovaia distributsiia gorodskoi povsednevnosti sakha: sotsiolingvisticheskoe izmerenie (po dannym 2021 g.) [Language distribution of urban everyday life in Sakha: sociolinguistic dimension (according to data from 2021)]. New Research of Tuva, 2023, no. 4, pp. 301-313. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2023.4.21
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Igor A. Danilov, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University; Institute of Humanitarian Studies and Problems of Small Peoples of the North SB RAS
Junior Researcher, International research laboratory «Linguistic Ecology of the Arctic», Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University;
Junior Researcher, Center for Sociolinguistic Studies, Institute for Humanitarian Research and North Indigenous People Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Postal address: office 141, 42, Kulakovsky St., 677000, Yakutsk, Russian Federation; office 310, 1, Petrovskogo St., 677027 Yakutsk, Russian Federation.
E-mail: igor_danilov_2000@mail.ru
Nina I. Ivanova, Institute of Humanitarian Studies and Problems of Small Peoples of the North SB RAS; Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Doctor of Philology, Leading Researcher, Center for Sociolinguistic Studies, Institute for Humanitarian Research and North Indigenous People Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences;
Chief Researcher, International research laboratory «Linguistic Ecology of the Arctic», Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University.
Postal address: office 310, 1, Petrovskogo St., 677027, Yakutsk, Russian Federation; office 141, 42, Kulakovsky St., 677000, Yakutsk, Russian Federation.
E-mail: haar-haar@mail.ru
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