YOUTH OF SAKHA (YAKUTS) IN CONDITIONS OF LANGUAGE SHIFT
Journal: Sociolingvistika
Year: 2025

The article analyzes the functional development of the Yakut language under conditions of language shift in the multiethnic city of Yakutsk and the monoethnic Ust-Aldansky ulus of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The analysis is based on a sociolinguistic study conducted among Sakha (Yakut) youth in 2023–2025. The dynamics of language shift in the youth environment serve as an indicator of the sustainability of language functions. The Yakut language functions as the primary ethnic marker of iden