The Forest Nenets as a double language minority

International audience This article comments upon the sociolinguistical situation of the Forest Nenets in the Agan region: this language, which is practically non written, is nowadays spoken only by people aged 60 and more, only some adults being able to use it and no children at all. It observes th...

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Main Author: Toulouze, Eva
Other Authors: Centre de recherches Europes-Eurasie (CREE EA 4513), Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2003
Subjects:
sociolinguistics
endangered language
Western Siberia
minority language
lang
litt
khanty
nenets
Siberia
Online Access:https://hal-inalco.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01284698/file/A%20dual%20language%20minorityERM2003.pdf
https://hal-inalco.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01284698
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Summary:International audience This article comments upon the sociolinguistical situation of the Forest Nenets in the Agan region: this language, which is practically non written, is nowadays spoken only by people aged 60 and more, only some adults being able to use it and no children at all. It observes that Forest Nenets is not only a minority language compared to Russian, the lingua franca; it is also a minority language in regard to the other native language of the region, Khanty (Eastern dialect): if the Nenets who speak Nenets are also fluent in Khanty, the Khanty speaking Khanty do not know Nenets.

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