Amid a thousand and one stars: the Crimean Tatar language
Journal Title: Eastern European Review on Contemporary Issues - Year 2019, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
One of the most momentous historical events in Crimean Tatar history was when the Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Djemilev addressed his people in the Crimean Tatar language at the opening of the first Crimean Tatar Mejlis (Parliament) in 1991 after his return to Crimea. Although giving a speech in one’s mother tongue might be considered as the most natural thing, in this case it proves the significance of preserving that mother tongue despite the Soviet Union’s efforts to destroy the Crimean Tatar language. In 2009 Crimean Tatar was categorised as ‘severely endangered’ in the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.
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Melek Maksudoğlu
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