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Lectures on state and official languages of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Development Activity

01/01/2022 0:00 - 31/12/2022 0:00

Asia and the Pacific | Yakutsk | Lenina av., bld. 40, Yakutsk, 677000, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Product/service development

Languages: Yakut

Since 2018, the Yakut language lecture hall has been operating at the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The purpose of the lecture hall is to popularize the Yakut language among the multinational population of the Republic, to introduce the native language into everyday life, to popularize the literary and folklore genre of the language.

In 2022, the following language projects have been implemented on the basis of libraries:

– The project “Learning the Yakut language”, coverage in 2022 amounted to 316 people.

– Information and creative course “I speak Yakut”, coverage of 65 people.

– Online project “We speak with Memoji”, a course of video lessons in spoken Yakut language, coverage of 389 people.

– The course “Let’s speak Yakut!”, coverage of 24 people.

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