Multiliteracy, past and present, in the Karaim communities
Journal: SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London)
Year: 2022

For endangered languages, the topic of orthography often arises because the language concerned has no existing or standardised writing system and the development of one is seen as a step towards creating a practice of literacy and creating a corpus of written texts. The case of the Karaim communities in Eastern Europe is different; in fact, it runs opposite to these trends. This paper traces the history of literacy in the Karaim communities of Eastern Europe, and how it influences today’s effort