Will we let a language die?

Authors

Joseph Heath, Brigham Young University
William Eggington, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Rusyn language, Slovakia, Ukraine, endangered, preservation of language

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics and English Language

Abstract

My project examined efforts to maintain the Rusyn language (also known as Ruthenian ). Rusyn is spoken by 50,000 people living primarily in Slovakia and Ukraine. Unless protected, this language may go extinct within several generations. It is one of over 100 languages in Central and Eastern Europe that have received “threatened” or “endangered” status. Globalization threatens the existence of cultures lacking nationstates, and my professional aim is to assist in the preservation of some of these cultures and their languages.

Recommended Citation

Heath, Joseph and Eggington, William (2017) "Will we let a language die?," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017: Iss. 1, Article 165.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/165