ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the status of minority Indigenous languages in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) within the framework of the Language Vitality Network Model (Grenoble and Whaley, 2020). Disruption in one part of the model leads to disruption in other parts and can lead to language shift and loss. We show the interconnections between stressors and protective factors in determining the vitality and sustainability of languages in the Republic. The vitality of the Even language and culture is discussed as an illustration of how these factors come together in a concrete example and argument for means of bolstering protective factors to offset the impacts of ongoing cultural and linguistic disruption.
