About Mansi — in Mansi

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show where and what can be read in Mansi about the current situation and use of the Mansi language. We investigate articles in the Mansi newspaper Лӯимā сэ̄рипос [Lūimā Sēripos] which discuss the usage of the mother tongue, the situation of minority peoples and languages, the education in Mansi and in other minority languages, and the application of modern technologies in the preservation of the Mansi language. We analyse thematically related topics that characterize the articles of this newspaper. Finally, we also discuss whether some kind of sociolinguistic terminology related to the issue of language endangerment can be observed in these Mansi texts.

Keywords

• mansi language; лӯимā сэ̄рипос [lūimā sēripos]; language shift; language revitalization