{"id":153885,"date":"2025-05-29T15:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=153885"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:55:57","slug":"the-language-issue-in-ukraine-legal-and-educational-challenges-in-the-budjak-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathinfo.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/the-language-issue-in-ukraine-legal-and-educational-challenges-in-the-budjak-region\/","title":{"rendered":"The Language Issue in Ukraine: Legal and Educational Challenges in the Budjak Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Martin Henzelmann<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>University of Greifswald<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/for2025-02-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/for2025-02-01<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract.<\/strong> This study addresses the language issue in the Budjak region, located in the southwesternmost part of Ukraine\u2019s Odesa oblast. After providing geographical and historical context, recent Ukrainian measures in the field of language policy are commented on, while examining their consequences for heritage language instruction among the linguistically diverse local population. It is shown how political efforts to elevate Ukrainian\u2019s status over Russian nationwide are inadvertently disadvantaging ethnic minorities, as are numerous in Budjak. I further argue that the language issue in Ukraine is exceptional in its strong impact on the sensitivities of minority language speakers in the country, in particular those who speak languages other than Russian.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keywords:<\/em> Linguodidactology; Ukraine; Budjak; Minority Languages; Language Laws; Language Education<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathinfo.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Henzelmann University of Greifswald https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/for2025-02-01 Abstract. This study addresses the language issue in the Budjak region, located in the southwesternmost part of Ukraine\u2019s Odesa oblast. After providing geographical and historical context, recent Ukrainian measures in the field of language policy are commented on, while examining their consequences for heritage language instruction among the linguistically [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":124332423427287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[11732,11735,11734,11730,11733,11731],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Language Issue in Ukraine: Legal and Educational Challenges in the Budjak Region - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/science.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/the-language-issue-in-ukraine-legal-and-educational-challenges-in-the-budjak-region\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Language Issue in Ukraine: Legal and Educational Challenges in the Budjak Region - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Martin Henzelmann University of Greifswald https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/for2025-02-01 Abstract. 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