Digitalization: Advantage or disadvantage in the issue of preserving the languages of minority ethnic groups (on the example of the Abaza language)

¹ Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
² Adyghe State University, Maykop, Russia

^* Corresponding author: habekirov@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article presents some reflections on the changes caused by the use of digital technologies in modern Abaza society. An analysis of cultural changes due to the rapid spread of modern communication technologies in the globalized context of modern Abaza society is carried out. The digital revolution provides us with new opportunities for innovation, creativity and development, and increased access to knowledge and information provides previously unknown opportunities for people and communities, opening up new horizons for us. In this regard, the article discusses the benefits of using information technology in the era of mass digitalization of society. Rapid changes in cultural demographics, technology, education and the impact of globalization and multiculturalism call for a reassessment of the processes that tend to isolate modern life from its heritage, i.e. cultural distancing. The essence of the argument is that the preservation of the intangible heritage, namely the language, is associated with the center of the formation of identity and the ethnos as a whole.