North Caucasus
‘A quiet, creeping Russification’: the displacement of indigenous languages across Russia
According to the 2020 census, almost all national languages lost speakers despite the demographic growth of the corresponding ethnic groups.
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Abkhazia
Abkhaz, Avar, Chechen, and Ossetian hit Google Translate
Four previously unavailable languages of the Caucasus — Abkhaz, Avar, Chechen, and Ossetian — have been made available on Google’s translation service. Friday’s addition of 110 new languages was the first time new languages of the Caucasus have been included in Google Translate since May 2010, when Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian were added. It is also the first time the four new languages have been made available through any machine translation service. The addition is the latest step i
North Caucasus
How Russian state pressure on regional languages is sparking civic activism in the North Caucasus
New legislation that makes studying minority languages voluntary in Russian schools comes as signs of decreasing usage emerge.
Adygea
Vulnerable and divided: the uncertain state of the Circassian language
14 March marks the Day of Circassian Language and Writing, yet the language faces many serious challenges, including a lack of official support.
