Problems and prospects for protection of languages in the era of Industry 4.0

Abstract

In today's and rapidly globalizing world, influenced by information and communication technologies, the protection and development of languages, including the languages ​​of national minorities, is an important issue. The study analyzes the impact of the globalization process on world languages. The necessity of identifying and documenting languages ​​in the virtual space is substantiated, the state of languages ​​and the level of their use in cyberspace are analyzed. Today, new technologies allow the creation of digital functional tools and the introduction of languages ​​into the digital space faster and more efficiently than decades ago. The article discusses possible approaches to solving the problem of linguistic protection of national minorities in the context of Industry 4.0. The state, geography and demography, the level of use of languages ​​of national minorities in Azerbaijan are analyzed, proposals and recommendations are given for their protection and development.