TITLE:
Saskatchewan Doukhobor Russian: A Disappearing Language
AUTHORS:
Veronika Makarova
KEYWORDS:
Doukhobor Russian; Minority Language Maintenance; Heritage Language; EndangeredLanguage; Doukhobor Studies; Slavic Studies
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics,
Vol.2 No.3,
September
25,
2012
ABSTRACT: This paper introduces the history and surveys some features of Saskatchewan Doukhobor Russian, a near-extinct variety of the Russian language spoken in the Canadian prairie province of Saskatchewan. The paper also outlines the reasons for the language loss in Saskatchewan.