On the dynamics of the linguistic situation in the Republic of Dagestan (the first quarter of the 21st century): judgments and assessments

the article is devoted to a systematic historical and linguistic analysis of currently known judgments and assessments related to the history of the history of the linguistic situation in Dagestan in the first quarter of the 21st century. Attention was drawn to the fact that the region has a relatively high level of Russian language proficiency and the level of its dissemination is increasing every year. At the same time, knowledge of native languages, especially in cities, is becoming much less widespread, which is the case in rural areas. Therefore, the current linguistic situation in the republic, related to native languages in general, can be qualified as a pre-catastrophic. and for the Turkic ethnic groups historically represented in the lowland and foothill zone of Dagestan, it is almost catastrophic. Its emergence and development was caused by the increasing migration to the lowland zone of the republic since the second half of the twentieth century, the area of traditional residence of Turkic and Russian ethnic groups – speakers of mountain Dagestan languages.

the language situation, Dagestan, the first quarter of the XXI century, judgments, estimates