I tatari di Crimea battano per salvare la loro lingua

“Suppression of language is a key part of Moscow’s drive to erase the Crimean Tatar identity as it seeks to colonize occupied Ukraine. Linguists are fighting back.” Elina Beketova discusses the ongoing struggle of Crimean Tatars to preserve their endangered language amidst Russian efforts to suppress their cultural identity following the annexation of Crimea. Linguists like Mamure Chabanova and Nara Narimanova highlight the decline in Crimean Tatar educational resources and the challenges faced by the community. Despite these obstacles, there is a resurgence of interest in the language, with initiatives in Ukraine and abroad fostering its teaching and cultural connection.

it’s wild to me that languages can just vanish like that