THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE “PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SIBERIAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES”

The Vth International Scientific Conference "Preservation and Development of Languages and Cultures of the Indigenous Peoples of Siberia" was held in Abakan on May 19–20, 2022. The conference was dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the orientalist and turkologist Nikolai Fedorovich Katanov and brought together over 200 scientists, teachers, and representatives of authorities and of non-governmental organizations from 17 regions of Russia and 4 foreign countries. The main objectives of the conference were to exchange new approaches and results on a wide range of linguistic, cultural, ethnographic, and historical aspects related to N. F. Katanov's heritage; to disseminate knowledge about new trends and initiatives aimed at promoting the languages of indigenous peoples at the Russian and international levels as a valuable cultural heritage and a resource for sustainable development; and to discuss new scientific knowledge in the field of lingual-cognitive, cultural, folklore, and historical research on the material of Turkic and other Ural-Altaic languages. The conference emphasized the importance of researching, preserving, and supporting the linguistic diversity of Siberia and other regions, and discussed trends, innovations, and ways to address pressing linguistic and ecological issues. Recommendations were made for improving language policy and promoting active regional and territorial bilingualism based on international experience.

conference, minority languages, indigenous peoples of Siberia, language policy