Ethnoregional actualization of axiological aspects of language policy in the republics of Southern Siberia

The purpose of the article is to study the evaluative aspects of regional language policy in the republics of Southern Siberia in the context of the ethno-demographic structure of the population. The relevance of the topic is associated with the ongoing processes of language shift among speakers of the second state languages of the republics of Southern Siberia and the need to attract valid experimental data to identify the features of the development of national-Russian bilingualism. The identified positive attitude towards the development of official bilingualism is manifested in the prevalence of positive linguistic attitudes of respondents in relation to the state languages of the three republics.At the same time, there remains a noticeable ethnic differentiation of linguistic loyalty and tolerance, which correlates with the ethno-demographic parameters of the structure of their population. Representatives of the titular ethnic groups show a significantly higher level of interest in supporting the status and functioning of the second state languages of the republics in comparison with Russian respondents. The possibility of introducing their compulsory study at school receives more noticeable support from the respondents of the titular ethnic groups than the Russian respondents. The respondents of the titular nationalities consider the language policy in relation to the republican language to be more effective, but the Russian respondents more often experience difficulties in assessing it. The preservation of the stereotypes of the linguistic ideology of the assimilation orientation in relation to minority languages is manifested through the attitude of respondents to the republican languages, depending on their official and ethno-identification status.