title: ON FUNCTIONING OF LANGUAGES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA (sociolinguistic research issues)
abstract: The article considers the features of the functioning of languages in the Republic of Crimea at the present stage. On the basis of a field survey, the perceptions of speakers of different languages about the current language situation, about the differences between the legal and actual statuses of languages have been defined. The analysis of the language material allows to establish the direction of the development of the language situation in Crimea. At the present stage, the balanced language 
journal: Sociolingvistika