Современные русинские литературные микроязыки

Abstract

This paper explores the contemporary status of the Rusyn literary language, the standardization of its norms on various strata in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, and the field of Rusyn studies, which has developed intensively in the two decades since the fall of communism and the restoration of the right of Rusyn communities to their own ethnic self-identification. The author provides a summary description of the development of grammars and dictionaries published in Yugoslavia (Serbia), where the first version of the Rusyn literary language was codified in the first quarter of the twentieth century, as well as in Slovakia and Poland, where indigenous variants of the Rusyn literary language were proclaimed in 1995 and 2000. He also describes the development of the Rusyn language in Hungary. A special situation exists in Ukraine, where the codification of the literary language of the local Rusyns has not reached its logical conclusion due to political reasons, in spite of the activity and notable achievements of local authors and advocates of an independent Rusyn culture.