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The article is devoted to the first literary texts of the Khanty written language of L.P. Vologodskiy “Matve? elta jemy? a?kol-jastypsa” (Sacred legends of Matthew in the Obdorsk dialect, 1868), the publication is available at http:// lingvodoc.ispras.ru/dictionary/1167/4/perspective/1167/5/view?page=1, I. Egorov, I. Popov "????? ???????” (Sacred History, 1900), available at http:// lingvodoc.ispras.ru/dictionary/902/27/perspective/902/28/view and A.A. Dunin- Gorkavich "??????-???????-????????i? ??????????i? ?????...

The article considers an actual issue of how important is the language aspect in state-building. In history, there are many examples where the language of one of the cities or region became the language of the emerging state and, at the same time, the basis for the formation of its national unity, common culture and identity. The article analyzes the role of language as one of the main connecting elements of the country. History shows that polylinguism always hinders the formation of a single state, and the presen...

The medieval Moslem scholars among the special features of the of the Qur??n first and foremost mentioned its inimitability and uniqueness as the final revelation of God. As for the modern researches they also consider it as a unique source of information related both to the history and culture of ancient Arabia and linguistic situation on the peninsula as well. Its uniqueness not only in its origin but also because this text is a unique example of the language spoken in Arabia at that time. The text of the Qur??n...