Results of a sociolinguistic study of vulnerable and endangered Turkic languages in Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article focuses on the level of use and transmission from generation to generation of the native language of the vulnerable and disappearing Turkic-speaking peoples in Kazakhstan. The purpose of the article is to consider the issues of language development and use of the native language by representatives of Turkic-speaking nationalities in the social environment. In the course of the study, a sociolinguistic survey was conducted among the Turkic-speaking ethnic groups of Kazakhstan that are vulnerable and on the verge of extinction.  The results of the study are based on the age, gender and sphere of use of the native language, the level of preservation of traditions and customs. Various factors leading to the causes of the destruction of languages and narrowing the scope of their application are given. The article also analyzes in detail the results of the survey conducted between ethnic groups.