TY - JOUR AU - Küün, Elvira PY - 2011/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Minority languages in Estonian segregative language environments JF - Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics JA - ESUKA-JEFUL VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.15 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/jeful.2011.2.1.15 SP - 223-240 AB - <p><span style="left: 214.56px; top: 209.899px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.930063);">The goal of this project in Estonia was to determine </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 229.819px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03216);">what languages are spoken by students from the 2nd to the 5th </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 249.859px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.989092);">year of basic school at their homes in Tallinn, the capital of Esto</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 269.778px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.958505);">nia. At the same time, this problem was also studied in other segre</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 289.818px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.984085);">gated regions of Estonia: Kohtla-Järve and Maardu. According to </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 309.858px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01097);">the database of the population census from the year 2000 (Esto</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 329.777px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00852);">nian Statistics Executive Office?s census 2000), there are repre</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 349.818px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.948516);">sentatives of 142 ethnic groups living in Estonia, speaking a total of </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 369.858px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.975541);">109 native languages. At the same time, the database doesn’t state </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 389.777px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.999953);">which languages are spoken at homes. The material presented in </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 409.817px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.962531);">this article belongs to the research topic “Home Language of Basic </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 429.857px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01369);">School Students in Tallinn” from years 2007–2008, specifically </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 449.776px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00322);">financed and ordered by the Estonian Ministry of Education and </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 469.817px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01412);">Research (grant No. ETF 7065) in the framework of an interna</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 489.857px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.975923);">tional study called “Multilingual Project”. It was determined what </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 509.776px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00543);">language is dominating in everyday use, what are the factors for </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 529.816px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.986309);">choosing the language for communication, what are the preferred </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 549.856px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.968602);">languages and language skills. This study reflects the actual trends </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 569.775px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.966443);">of the language situation in these cities.</span><span style="left: 227.161px; top: 609.856px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.979509);"><br></span></p> ER -