German Language and Identity in Religious Communities of Crimea
Journal: DEStech Transactions on Social Science Education and Human Science
Year: 2020

The paper investigates aspects of German language usage in the ethnic community of Crimean Germans—members of Russian-speaking Evangelical-Lutheran church in Simferopol. The results of a field study conducted in August 2019 indicate that German language is used by members of the community mainly in the course of church ceremonies and home prayers. Methods. Overt observation, questionnaires and interviews with community members were conducted. We have also managed to obtain recordings of church s