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- Title
IMPACT OF NATIVE CULTURE AND RELIGION ON THE MARI LANGUAGE.
- Authors
Vedernikova, Elena
- Abstract
Mari is one of the endangered Finno-Ugric languages located in the territory of the Russian Federation. The danger of extinction of Mari is influenced by both objective and subjective factors. In the current paper, the issue under investigation is the impact of the Mari traditional religion and folk culture on language maintenance. Because of continuously reduced institutional support, the status of the Mari language has decreased significantly in the last 10 years. The favourable development of traditional culture has brought with it an increase in the number of native speaking people within the Mari El region (Russia). It is slightly observed in some spheres (social and cultural) and almost unnoticeable in others (political, economic). The mechanism of impact of Mari traditional religion and culture is characterized as psychological. It gives reason to believe that the chances for the preservation of the Mari language are reasonably good.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; MARI language; RUSSIAN civilization; LANGUAGE maintenance; CULTURAL maintenance; LANGUAGE &; languages
- Publication
Journal of Estonian & Finno-Ugric Linguistics / Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014, Vol 5, Issue 2, p185
- ISSN
1736-8987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12697/jeful.2014.5.2.09