Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article deals with the current state of the Karelian language and the prospects of its preservation in the territory of the Republic of Karelia. The research is conducted in two ways: from the objective side, the history of language development and current trends in language policy are analyzed; from the subjective side, the linguistic sets of native speakers of the Karelian language and residents of the Republic of Karelia are studied. An important part of the work is the study of the functioning of the Karelian language in status, corpus and educational planning.
Objective: to identify the factors and clarify the language sets that affect the preservation of the Karelian language.
Research materials: results of the scientific expedition of the Research Center on Ethnic and Language Relations of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted in September 2022.
Results and novelty of the research: the scientific novelty consists in the fact that for the first time a comparison of the linguistic sets of those who speak Karelian and those who do not speak it, but live in this language environment, is carried out. The prospects for the preservation of the Karelian language are considered by analyzing the current state of three elements of language planning: status, corpus and educational. The factors contributing to the expansion of the spheres of functioning of the Karelian language were studied from the point of view of Karelian speakers and from the point of view of residents of the Republic who do not speak Karelian. The results of the study were the identification of positive and negative factors affecting the prospects for the preservation of the Karelian language and the clarification of the linguistic sets of Karelian speakers.
Key words: Karelian language, language preservation, language planning, prospects of the Karelian language, attitudes
For citation: Kirilenko S. V. Karelian language: language planning and attitudes // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2024; 14 (3/58): 567–577.