Comparison of the linguistic approach of the Alaskan and Altai spiritual missions in the process of educating indigenous peoples of Russia

Abstract

Comparison of the linguistic approach of the Alaskan (Kodiak) and Altai spiritual missions deserves more attention, although the highly valued grammar books created by the orthodox missionaries: "Opyt grammatiki aleutsko-lisevskogo jazyka" in 1846 and "Grammatika altajskogo jazyka" in 1869 were published in a span of more than 20 years. The article compares the linguistic approach of saint I.

Veniaminov and M. Glukharev and the authors of the Altai grammar; Altai and Aleut primers, ABC books and dictionaries; translations and literary works of first Altai and Alaskan aboriginal orthodox priests Y.

Netsvetov and M. Chevalkov.

Keywords

• missionary linguistics
• missions of Russian orthodox church
• Aleut language
• Altai language
• Innocent of Alaska
• Makary Glukharev
• Jacob Netsvetov
• Mikhail Chevalkov