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Minorities and Language

2006
The relationship between minorities and language is complicated and related to the development of nation-states. Language minorities, as a social group, are distinguished from minority languages. The definition of minority is problematic. The size of a minority can differ widely. For membership, there is the issue of who counts as a speaker.
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Language choice in a minority school

International Review of Education, 1985
This article arises from fieldwork in a school of the German minority in South Jutland, Denmark. The minority exists as a result of frontier changes between Germany and Denmark, most recently in 1920. A referendum held in that year as a result of the Treaty of Versailles left a cultural and linguistic minority which, by today, has its own school system,
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The State of Minority Languages

1995
In many respects, the state of minority languages reflects the dynamics of the society at large. On the eve of the year 2000, many minority languages are threatened by rapid modernisation and urbanisation; we see languages in decline for the simple reason that speakers have to reconsider language choice when entering larger social, political and ...
Fase, W., Jaspaert, K., Kroon, S.
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Language Policy, Literacy, and Minority Languages

Review of Policy Research, 1994
This paper surveys the development of language policy over the last 40 or more years, particularly with respect to linguistic minorities and the attendant problems of illiteracy and lack of access to basic education among these groups. While there are discernible, emerging trends in the area of language policy, we make considerable effort to point out ...
Stephen L. Walter, Kay R. Ringenberg
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Language Planning and Terminological Development for Minority Languages and Minority Language Situations: A Selected Bibliography

Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
(2004). Language Planning and Terminological Development for Minority Languages and Minority Language Situations: A Selected Bibliography. Current Issues in Language Planning: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 176-180.
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Official Language, Minority Language, No Language at All

Language Problems and Language Planning, 1999
RÉSUMÉ Langue officielle, langue minoritaire, pas de langue du tout: L'histoire du macédonien dans l'enseignement primaire dans les Etats Balkaniques Dans les pays avec des populations diverses, la disposition d'enseignement primaire de langue maternelle dans les langues minoritaires a souvent été le sujet de débats politiques. L'auteur éclaircit l'
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Languages of Minority

Abstract This work seeks to understand how the languages of minorities in India have been constructed and understood throughout colonialism and nationalist periods up to the present day. By using certain examples, the work also attempts to chart how concepts and practices of orality and writing, the concept of the vernacular, and the ...
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Interpreting the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages: Sign Languages as Regional and Minority Languages

The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
Sign languages have historically been excluded from legal frameworks designed to protect linguistic diversity, such as the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (the Charter). While the Charter aims to safeguard regional and minority languages, sign languages have been omitted due to misconceptions about their linguistic status, their ...
Rob Wilks, Filipe Venade de Sousa
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Language of polish minority and other minority languages in Croatia

2011
Język polskiej mniejszości narodowej wobec innych języków mniejszościowych w Chorwacji Obraz języków mniejszości narodowych na terenie Chorwacji jest z wielu względów bardzo złożony. Powodów jest kilka. Jednym z ważniejszych jest językowa sytuacja po rozpadzie Jugosławii.
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Minority Rights in Europe - European Minorities and Languages

2000
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