Ethnic and Linguistic Policy and Sociolinguistic Variability of Language Shift (Example of Republic of Khakassia)

Binary nature of ethnic and linguistic policy in the Republic of Khakassia aims to ensure full communication in Russian as the national language of the Russian Federation and partially satisfy the need for an ethnic and linguistic identity for the titular Khakassia ethnic group. The ethnic and linguistic identity of the Khakas people remains high. There is a significant share of those who recognize Khakas as their native language. Use of the language on the Internet is also relatively active. Institutional support has helped to increase the prestige and symbolic significance of the Khakas language. The language shift, visible in its statistical dynamics, calls for urgent tasks associated with the need for conceptual and practical adjustments to efforts to stop the shift, based on the diversity of native speakers and inadequate presence of Khakas in the social area of the region. The study points out an obvious need to involve more language policy entities in the discussion of the prospects of vitality of the Khakas language and adjust the state program for the preservation and development of the language in 2022-2029.