MINORITY LANGUAGES

MINORITY LANGUAGES

Ane Zarragoitia, Sofía López & Ainhoa Salinas

1. WHAT IS A MINORITY LANGUAGE?2. A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE 3. MINORITY VS MINORITISED LANGUAGES 4. EUROPEAN CHARTER FOR REGIONAL OR MINORITY LANGUAGES 5. EXAMPLES 6. IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING MINORITY LANGUAGES

INDEX

traditionally used by nationals

spoken by minority

not first or official

less than 50%

many definitions

1. What is a minority language?

a minority in one context but a majority in another

2. A matter of perspective

some languages can be both

damaged, restricted

small number of speakers

MINORITISED LANGUAGES

MINORITY LANGUAGES

close but not the same

3. Minority VS Minoritised

advice for policy, legislation and practice

-November 5th 1992 -to promote and protect -rights for speakers

4. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

Temperatura Media

5.Examples

Institutional support to prevent that:- bilingual education -legal and administrative support -representation on media

extinction of a comunity's identity and culture

6. Importance of protecting these languages

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Bibliography

Council of Europe. (n.d.). Carta Europea de las lenguas regionales o minoritarias. Manual de Educación en los Derechos Humanos con jóvenes. Retrieved May 8, 2022, from https://www.coe.int/es/web/compass/european-charter-for-regional-or-minority-languages Dooly, M., & Vallejo, C. (2009). Thematic Report: Linguistic Minorities. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Carnie, A. (1996). Modern Irish: A case study in language revival failure. Papers on Language Endangerment and the maintenance of linguistic diversity, 99-114. Hoekstra, E., & de Jong, G. (2020). Frisian Literature in Education. In Teaching Language and Literature On and Off-Canon (pp. 144-161). IGI Global. McNeill, A. (2022). Critical Praxis and Teacher Language Awareness: What Should Teachers Know About Students' L1?. In TESOL Guide for Critical Praxis in Teaching, Inquiry, and Advocacy (pp. 161-180). IGI Global. Nordquist, R. (2019). Why Is a Majority Language Sometimes Called a Killer Language? ThoughtCo. Recuperado 10 de mayo de 2022, de https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-majority-language-1691294

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