Language Planning Around the World
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This document discusses language planning cases around the world. It provides examples of language planning in various countries and regions, including Finland, Spain, Guatemala, Bolivia, and others. Specifically, it examines the status and policies regarding official languages, minority languages, and indigenous languages. Some key factors for successful language planning discussed are official recognition of the language, use of the language as a medium of instruction in schools, and developing literature, grammar rules, and dictionaries for the language.
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- 1. LANGUAGE PLANNING: THEORY AND PRACTICES Evaluation of language planning cases worldwide
- 5. • Arabic & European lang are officially important but african language are normally spoken as first language. • Indo-European lang rule • Aboriginal lang are endangered. Geopolitical facts bearing On language planning
- 6. Countries of Particular Language Planning Interest
- 10. Asia & the Pacific
- 11. EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA FINLAND SPAIN A large number of minorities A large number of minorities Luxembourg: Francique, French, German Luxembourg: Francique, French, German Many nation states with national languages Many nation states with national languages Heterogeneous in linguistics terms Heterogeneous in linguistics terms Canada- French- language heritage Canada- French- language heritageIsrael: successful resuscitation of a dead language- Hebrew Israel: successful resuscitation of a dead language- Hebrew
- 12. FINNISH SAAMI SWEDISHSWEDISH Official language- mother tongue of over 90% population Cultivation Finska sprakbyran Kotikielen seura Urban Finnish Swedes Urban Finnish Swedes Rural Finnish Swedes Rural Finnish Swedes Isolated, monolingual Isolated, monolingual Development of whole Finland, pro- bilingualism Development of whole Finland, pro- bilingualism Education: 30 schools, lack of teaching materials, Univeristy of Helsinki and Oulu, Lapland Saami Consultative Committee Report Saami Language Act 1992 Indigenous People
- 13. ARAGONESE EXTREMADURAN ASTURIAN FALA GASCON CATALAN- VALENCIAN- BALEAR BASQUE GALICIAN SPANISH A country in which linguistic minorities have recently acquired considerable rights. Even so, SPANISH is still very dominant.
- 14. GUATEMALA MAYAN SPANISH ARAWAKAN AYMARA BOLIVIA QUECHUA SPANISH Largest, autochtonous language 1994: A law stipulating that “intercultural features” to be included in edu. sytem University of San Andres: training of bilingual edu. Textbook- traditional oral stories and tales Bilingual programmes in primary edu.
- 15. OVERALL CONCLUSION AND REFLECTIONS ON SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE PLANNING OVERALL CONCLUSION AND REFLECTIONS ON SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE PLANNING HOW FAR CAN A LANGUAGE BE PLANNED? Turning a majority language into a national language Supporting linguistic minorities? Multilingual societies- all speech communities require equal rights Political Will Taking actions against the threat to the survival of languages? Create a social needs for the languageFormal rights Attitude, speech community pride, economic power, prestige Goals of language planning To enable ppl to use lang. they want to use To facilitate communication at 3 levels To encourage multilingualism 3 crucial points for successful language planning: 1.Recognition at official level 2.As medium of instruction in schools 3.Have sufficient body of lit, grammar, dictionary