The Tatyshly Udmurt language situation: Evidence from recent fieldwork

The present article deals with the sociolinguistics of a subdialect of the Udmurt language spoken primarily in the Tatyshly district of Bash‑ kortostan (Russia). The data was collected via questionnaires filled out by native speakers during fieldwork by the linguistics department of Moscow State University in 2019-2023. Data from a corpus of oral texts that was recorded and transcribed during the fieldwork is included as well. After briefly outlining the population dynamics in the Tatyshly district and our sample of native speakers, we discuss the domains in which Tatyshly Udmurt is used (taking into account variation across generations), code-switching to Russian (especially involving the youn‑ ger generation), the role of Standard Udmurt in the community (inter‑ ference between Tatyshly Udmurt and Standard Udmurt, communica‑ tion with speakers from other areas, education), and language contact with Turkic varieties (knowledge of Bashkir and Tatar among the Ud‑ murt community, communication with Turkic-speaking people). Prac‑ tical activities aimed at Udmurt language maintenance are also out‑ lined.