THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND ECOLINGVISTIC SITUATION IN THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC AND REPUBLIC OF INGUSHETIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE USE OF LANGUAGES IN EDUCATION
The article contains an analysis of sociolinguistic and ecolinguistic situations in the two Republics of the Russian Federation, the majority of which is speaking closely related languages with minimal differences in typical terms. We note the profound changes in the linguistic situation in both Republics which have virtually become monoetnic in the last two decades. It is noted that the radical changes in the national population and the respective extended functions of the Chechen and Ingush languages have led only to a slowdown in qualitative growth of Russian and Chechen-Ingush-Russian bilingualism, but the development that occurred in the previous decade have been preserved. The issues related to the preservation and development of the Chechen and Ingush languages are relevant and require solutions especially with the expansion of their roles in education.