The Kalmyk Language Revitalization Efforts: Ethnic Identity and Language Attitudes of Young People in the Republic of Kalmykia (Russia)

Abstract

A pilot sociolinguistic questionnaire survey on some aspects of the current ethno-linguistic situation among the young people of the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation confirmed a number of assumed facts and hypotheses. Despite considerable achievements in the field of ethnic and language revitalization, the level of Kalmyk identity and language problems of Kalmykia continue to remain a highly equivocal and open issue.

Keywords

• Kalmyks
• Kalmykia
• language revitalization
• ethnic identity