Problems of native languages’ preservation and development were discussed in Ufa

The conference “Preservation and development of native languages in conditions of the multinational state” has taken place in Ufa, organized by the Commission for science, education and youth policy under the Public Chamber RB and the Institute of history, language and literature RB. The members of the Public Chamber RB, the Assembly of Bashkortostan’s nations, Republican national centers, scientists, pedagogues and representatives of the authority RB took part in its work.

The participants of the conference were discussing the problems, related to preservation of the native languages of the nations, inhabiting modern Russia. They’ve marked that language is considered one of the main values of the mankind. At the same time several dozens languages in Russia come within the category “Disappearing language”. Both the country and the Republic do much for preservation of native languages but the threat of disappearance exists for many of such languages, including Bashkir language too.

The participants of the conference decided to appeal to the Russian and Bashkir authorities with the request to work up special programs for preservation and development of native languages in 2012-2016 and to compile a new generation of text-books for Bashkir language. The participants of the conference also appealed to the mass-media RB and demanded that local journalists should popularize the knowledge on history and culture of the nations, inhabiting modern Bashkortostan.