ECMI Publication: Kalmykia: From Oblivion To Reassertion?
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ECMI Publication: Kalmykia: From Oblivion To Reassertion?
European Centre for Minority Issues
KALMYKIA: FROM OBLIVION TO REASSERTION?
Francois Grin
ECMI Working Paper #10
October 2000
CONTENTS
I. Introduction
II. Kalmylaia: essential facts and figures
Map 1: Map of Kalmykia
Table 1: Ethnic composition of Kalmykia
III. Recent developments: politics, culture and language
IV. Language Legislation
The "languages of the peoples of the Republic of Kalmykia"
The state languages
General language rights
Education
Language in official use
Language in economic and related activities
Toponymy and other provisions
V. A tentative assessment
VI. References
VII. Appendix
ABSTRACT
This paper provides background information on Kalmykia, one of the
least- known constituent republics of the Russian Federation. It then
assesses recent developments in the fields of culture and language,
and presents the recently adopted (October 1999) Language Act of
Kalmykia. The following discussion highlights the key features of the
Act, and argues that it reflects a thoroughly modern approach to
linguistic diversity, in particular in its handling of the respective
position of the Russian and Kalmyk languages.
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