, THE BURYAT LANGUAGE IN STUDENT EVALUATIONS (BASED ON MATERIALS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH) // Oriental Vector: History, Society, State. - 2023. №2. . - С. 29-37.

THE BURYAT LANGUAGE IN STUDENT EVALUATIONS (BASED ON MATERIALS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH)

The work was carried out within the framework of the state assignment (project “Russia and Inner Asia: Dynamics of Geopolitical, Socio-Economic and Intercultural Interaction (17th–21st centuries)”, No. 121031000243-5).

DOI: 10.18101/2949-1657-2023-2-29-37 UDK: 81.512.31:316.43

The article is devoted to the state and changes of the Buryat language from view- point of students of the Republic of Buryatia. Objective and subjective assessments of the modern ethno-linguistic space in the region demonstrate a number of obvious paradoxes. The 2020 All-Russian Population Census for the first time in the post-Soviet period has re- vealed positive changes in the state of the Buryat language in a multi-ethnic region. The re- sults of a sociological research have shown a high level of ethnic self-awareness of students, which does not correlate with their real skills in the Buryat language. Bilingualism domi- nates in the language environment of modern Buryat youth, the Buryat language remains the primary means of communication between people from rural areas, especially parents and relatives. The Russian language prevails in the communication with friends and completely dominates in the educational process. Evaluating the state and prospects for the development of the Buryat language, students adhere to pessimistic views, the narrowing of the ethno- linguistic environment continues.

the Buryat language, student youth, the Republic of Buryatia, language environment, ethnic identity.