TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGE SITUATION IN THE PLACES OF LIVING OF THE TATARS IN KRASNOYARSK REGION
The article presents the characteristics of language situation in the places of living of the Tatars on the territory of Krasnoyarsk region. The research is based on the results of the sociolinguistic survey conducted by the author among the urban and rural Tatars of different age, gender, and social groups. The characteristics is based on the typological criteria including quantitative, qualitative and evaluative indicators. According to quantitative indicators, the language situation is described as bilingual multi-component, demographically non-equilibrium, unipolar, communicative-unbalanced. The Tatar language is not used in official communication, but it is limitedly used in the sphere of culture, education, and mass media. According to qualitative indicators, it is multilingual, heterogeneous and heteromorphous, disharmonious. The Tatar and Russian languages belong to different types of languages. The only official language in the Krasnoyarsk Territory is Russian. The respondents have given high evaluation to their native Tatar language, which makes it possible to say about a high degree of loyalty to the language.