Ethno-lingual aspect of modern functioning of Russian dialects in North Kazakhstan (On an example of Kostanai Region)

Modern functioning of Russian dialects of North Kazakhstan has been analyzed in the article. Research has been carried out on the base of data of dialect expeditions governed by authors. Ethnography of descendants of Russian immigrants' speech allows defining ethno-lingual specifics of Russian language functioning in Turkic environment. Authors consider a certain usages of modern Russian dialects in Kostanai region, define their localization, note specifics that remain from mother dialects and manifested as a result of contacts with Turkic languages. Authors come to a conclusion that native speakers of Russian dialects in North Kazakhstan are example of Russian Turkic-speaking person. © IDOSI Publications, 2013