THE ROLE OF FAMILY IN PRESERVING THE NATIVE LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article substantiates the role of the family institution as one of the most important factors for the preservation of the national language for future generations. The relevance of the study is due to the unsatisfactory state and functioning of the Buryat language, the low level of proficiency and use of the language, especially among young people. The purpose of the article is to reveal the important role of the family in the intergenerational transmission of the native language for its preservation. Based on the analysis of literature, the results of the Population Censuses of the Republic of Buryatia in 2002, 2010, and sociological surveys, we come to the conclusion that the state of the Buryat language causes concern, since the knowledge and the actual use of the language by representatives of the Buryat nationality is steadily falling and, moreover, there is a narrowing of the social functions of the language. In the context of today's socio-cultural processes that negatively affect the state and functioning of native languages in multinational societies, it is the family that becomes an important tool for transmitting and preserving the native language and culture, for transmitting the socio-historical experience of the people to subsequent generations.