E-learning: Chuvash

The REMODUS Consortium will soon be offering an online course on Chuvash taught by András Czentnár (ELTE) between 6 and 15 May 2024. Attendance is free of charge, you can apply for a participation slot here until 15 April 2024.

Classes are planned at 18:00–19:30 Central European Summer Time (UTC +2) on the following days:

Monday, 6 May
Tuesday, 7 May
Wednesday, 8 May

Friday, 10 May

Monday, 13 May
Tuesday, 14 May
Wednesday, 15 May

Registered students will be informed of any changes that might occur.

For students wishing to receive course credit (3 ECTS), active participation is compulsory; if you do not require course credit, you can attend those lessons that fit into your schedule. You will be informed if you have been accepted on 17 April 2024 and receive the Zoom link as well as access to teaching materials.

Chuvash is a Turkic language spoken by roughly a million speakers in the Volga Region of European Russia, primarily in the Republic of Chuvashia. It is genealogically and structurally highly distinct from other Turkic languages. It is a critical language not only for Turkic studies, but also Uralic studies: Chuvash, and historic language varieties belonging to the same branch of the language family, have had significant influence on Uralic languages such as Mari and Hungarian. The course will focus on conveying basic structures of the Chuvash language and will not require any prior knowledge of Turkic languages.

Chuvash uses the Cyrillic alphabet; basic Cyrillic competencies will be needed in this course. If you do not already have these, please consult our teaching materials here.