| Doukhobor Russian | |
|---|---|
| Диалект духоборов Канады Dialekt Duchoborov Kanady | |
| Native to | British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada. |
Native speakers | Up to 30,000 in its heyday; hardly any by the year 2000[citation needed] |
Indo-European
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| Cyrillic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | ru-CA |
Doukhobor Russian, also called Doukhobor dialect[1] and Doukhoborese ("D'ese" in short),[2] is a dialect of the Russian language spoken by Doukhobors, spiritual Christians (folk Protestants) from Russia who in 1899 established a number of commune-style settlements in Western Canada. They brought with them a Southern Russian dialect of their communities of origin, which over the following decades underwent some changes under the influence of the Canadian English environment and the speech of the Ukrainian settlers in Saskatchewan.
Over several generations, this dialect has been mostly lost, as the modern descendants of the original Doukhobor migrants to Canada are typically native English speakers, and when they do speak Russian, it is typically a fairly standard variety of it.
- ^ Schaarschmidt, Gunter (2013). "The Maintenance and Revitalization of Doukhobor Russian in British Columbia, Canada: Prospects and Problems". Doukhobor Heritage. Moscow-Pyatigorsk: Topical Problems of Communication and Culture, Collection of Research Articles of International Scholars. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Popoff, Dmitri (Jim) E. (October 2019). "Adventures in Russian with Jimitri's "Dictionalry of Doukhoborese" (#37)" (PDF). Iskra — Voice of the Doukhobors (2119): 20–21. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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