Katerina PhilippouGeorgina Koureli

RUSSIAN

приветствие

WHERE IS THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN?

Russian is a Slavic language spoken

I. RussiaII. BelarusIII. KazakhstanIV. Kyrgyzstan

Furthermore…V. UkraineVI. MoldovaVII.LatviaVIII.Uzbekista

nIX. Estonia

BY WHOM? /HOW MANY

PEOPLE SPEAK IT?

geographically widespread—Eurasia most widely spoken --Slavic language the largest native language -- Europe, 144 million native speakers—Russia–

Ukraine--Belarus.

RUSSIAN UNDER THREAT

One hundred and twenty languages in Russia are in jeopardy(15 tongues extinct)

Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (by UNESCO)o the Aleuto the Samio the Itelmeno the Nivkho The Chukchi Observers fear that these languages may soon be assimilated

in Russian and Tatar.

Minority languages in Russia have lost their importance … (in everyday communication --between community members)

50 minority languages in Russia are moribund(Siberia, the Russian Far East, in North European Russia and in the Caucasus)

All minority languages in Russia run the risk of disappearing……both those that…have tens of thousands of speakers and those spoken only by a few thousand or a few dozen people

The most serious threat to these languages is that they fail to be passed down naturally from parents to children

MEASURES THAT COULD PREVENT ITS EXTINCTION FACT

Language is an important part of any society.

Future generations may lose a vital part of the culture that is necessary to completely understand

it.

PROBLEMOral traditions and other inherited knowledge are no longer transmitted among native speakers

•Encourage younger generations to

speak the language as they grow, so

they will then teach their children

the language as well.

•The internet can be used to raise

awareness about the issues of

language extinction and language

preservation.

SOLUTIONS

RUSSIAN WRITERS AND POETS

Tolstoy Dostoyevsky Bulgakov Chekhov Bunin Tsvetaeva

Quotes Everyone thinks of changing the world,

but no one thinks of changing himself.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Music is the shorthand of emotion.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Leo Tolstoy

People don’t notice whether it is summer or winter when they are happy

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

Anton Chekhov

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Sources

Wikipedia http://www.lingvozone.com/Russian http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/langua

ge/about/russian.html http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/

Russian_language.aspx

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