Saskatchewan Francophone language and culture in the 21st century

Abstract

The study of the problems of linguistic territorial variation is associated with an understanding of the historical and geographical causes and conditions of the existence of the same language in various regions of the planet. The French language is not homogeneous not only on the territory of different countries, but also within one country, for example, Canada. Residents of the French-speaking province of Québec speak and write in the French-Québec version, in Ontario - in French-Ontario, in Manitoba - French-Manitoba, etc. The province of Saskatchewan, formed in 1905, has a minor community of Francophones, who for a century resisted the policy of suppression of the French language and language assimilation imposed by the federal government, preserving their native French at the level of home and communal communication, creating Francophone educational and cultural societies. Today, Franco-Saskatchewans (Fransaskois) continue to develop linguistic and cultural traditions, defend their linguistic rights, and position themselves as original representatives of the Francophone world.