Aref'ev A L
Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Her Russ Acad Sci. 2022;92(2):169-176. doi: 10.1134/S1019331622020010. Epub 2022 May 15.
The position of the Cyrillic alphabet in the modern world and in historical retrospective is analyzed in this article. The causes and consequences of the rejection of the Cyrillic script by a number of countries are considered. Calculations of the number of users of the Cyrillic alphabet from the beginning of the 20th century and a forecast of changes in their number in the coming years are given. A steady decrease in the proportion of the users of the Cyrillic alphabet is anticipated compared to the number of those who use other alphabets (the Latin alphabet, Indic scripts, hieroglyphs, and the Arabic script). The functioning of world languages and alphabets in 2020, including on the Internet, is assessed. It is noted that the position of the Cyrillic script in the world is affected by the decrease in the number of those who speak Russian. Some proposals are made to support the Cyrillic alphabet and increase its role in civilizational processes.
本文分析了西里尔字母在现代世界及历史回顾中的地位。探讨了一些国家摒弃西里尔文字的原因及后果。给出了自20世纪初以来西里尔字母使用者数量的计算以及对未来几年其数量变化的预测。预计与使用其他字母（拉丁字母、印度文字、象形文字和阿拉伯文字）的人数相比，西里尔字母使用者的比例将持续下降。评估了2020年世界语言和字母的使用情况，包括在互联网上的使用情况。指出说俄语人数的减少影响了西里尔文字在世界上的地位。提出了一些支持西里尔字母并增强其在文明进程中作用的建议。
