Comments on: French linguistic politics

By: Remd

Remd — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:35:15 +0000

Why is the Catalan speakers’ behaviour so horrible? I think it isn’t so bad taking into account that during different periods of the history you could have been jailed just for speaking Catalan…

By: Mohamed Idris

Mohamed Idris — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:46:16 +0000

The French have always had contradictory language policies. Just think of the francophonie one the one hand, and Chirac’s call for preserving diversity in the world one the other hand. However, judging from the behavior of Catalan speakers in Spain, for example, it does not always seem to be a wise policy to give full support for minority languages. It all depends on the context.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:47:03 +0000

Germany does have a language minority – the Sorbs in Sachsen (Saxony) down the south east, on the borders with Poland and the Czech republic. They even have all the street names and other public language notices in both German and Sorb (a Slavic language).

By: mollymooly

mollymooly — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:43:42 +0000

“Germany being the only EU state to have no minority languages (is that even true?)”
Germany recognises as indigenous minorities Sorbian, Danish, Friesan and Roma, all of whom have their own languages.