SOCIOLINGUISTICAL SITUATION IN THE UST-NYUKZHA SETTLEMENT, TYNDA DISTRICT, AMUR REGION

The article presents a sociolinguistic study of the Evenks - residents of the Ust-Nyukzha settlement of the Tynda district of the Amur Region. The paper gives the background of the Ust-Nyukzha settlement and statistical data on its ethnic composition. The paper analyzes connected spontaneous speech of the innate of the Ust-Nyukzha settlement - the Evenki language native speakers. The results demonstrate the tendency of using Russian words and morphemes in the Evenki speech. It has been established that Russian insertions into Evenki speech are not predominantly usual. These trends are illustrative of the gradual replacement of the Evenki language of Ust-Nyukzha settlement by the dominating Russian one.