
	Where results make sense

Topic: Meankieli language

In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	World congress on language policies
		The last group consists of language communities whose position and provisions also depend on the central government, but the real protection of the regional and minority language is dependent on the local policies of municipalities and their political and administrative leaderships, such as boards of education.
		Most of the 15 language communities have good provisions for their language in education, although the scale and the degree of these provisions in the same category are highly varied.
		Instead of referring to particular languages, Spain has ratified for regional or minority languages that are co-official languages in the autonomous communities and the languages that are protected by the statuses of autonomy in the territories where they are traditionally spoken.
	www.linguapax.org /congres/taller/taller4/Alie.html (6743 words)

	Do we care about preservation of our mother tongue?
		Language policy of a certain state determines the language usage, its prestige and its future.
		State languages make countries differ and it can be observed that a wide majority of countries put a considerable effort to promote their languages.
		Welsh language should be compulsory in schools until the age of 16 for everybody in Wales.
	www.apenrade.dk /m99_dowecare.html (1598 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:fit
		Somewhat negative attitudes toward Standard Finnish, and weak motivation to learn it, although it is partially intelligible to Tornedalen speakers.
		Swedish is used as second language, and some speak Standard Finnish.
		Literacy rate in first language: 20% to 30%.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=fit (177 words)

	LINGUIST List 12.1543: Baldauf & Kaplan, Language Planning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She notes that "most language matters in Nepal have not been planned; they have evolved in response to historical circumstances." In a sense, this notion of a reactive language policy to some extent contributes to a detailed, but largely non-analytical, account of the language situation in Nepal.
		In her account, Eagle documents the traditional languages of Nepal, notes the relationship between religion and language, expounds the historical developments of language in the nation including the arrival of Nepali during the Gorkha Era, and the impact of British India on Nepal.
		Language planning is rarely done for linguistic purposes per se; this chapter doesn't take us to those extra-linguistic, socio-political agendas that would illuminate the policies documented.
	www.linguistlist.org /issues/12/12-1543.html (1526 words)

	Foundation For Endangered Languages Issue 30.
		Non inclusion of Bhoti language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution and the Australian Aborigines whose children where forcibly taken away by the state, brought up in missionary orphanages and never returned to their families so that they lost all identity are two extreme examples of enforced uniformity and compulsory assimilation.
		Non inclusion of the Bhoti language in the 8th Schedule is a fountain-head of alienation, violence, social discord, intellectual dependency and cultural degradation.
		This language is a symbol of "Unity in Diversity".
	www.ogmios.org /304.htm (9388 words)

	Meänkieli - Enpsychlopedia
		Part of the reason was based on military concern; one felt that people close to the border speaking the language of the neighbouring country rather than the major language in their own country might not be trusted, in case of war.
		People with Meänkieli-speaking roots are often referred to as Tornedalians although the Finnish-speaking part of Norrbotten is a far larger area than the Tornio river valley; judging by the names of towns and places, it stretches as far west as the city of Gällivare.
		The language is taught at Stockholm University, Luleå University of Technology and Umeå University.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Meankieli_language (912 words)

	Ever Closer to Babel: copy of old Eurolang language list
		Courses in the language for adults are on the increase as a result of a huge demand linked to the development of work along the border (in 10 years, the number of workers from the border area of Lorraine employed in Luxembourg has quadrupled, and reached 31,000 in 1997).
		Language courses for children are encouraged as well as in adult education provided by teachers from within the community in an effort to maintain and strengthen the minority language and cultural identity that goes with it.
		Friulian language and literature are taught at the Universities of Udine and Trieste.
	perso.orange.fr /dalby/extra/EurolangList.html (19507 words)

	Tema Modersmål :: Modersmålets Plats på Skoldatanätet
		The world's languages will be celebrated on International Mother Language Day, an event aimed at promoting linguistic diversity and multilingual education.
		Children’s right to learn in their own language is discussed in a number of articles in the September issue of International Development 21 Insights, enabled by the UK Government.
		Write in your language wherever you are in the world, with an online onscreen keyboard emulator.
	modersmal.skolutveckling.se /projekt/index.php?newlang=eng (534 words)

	Symposia
		The insights into the common linguistic and cultural basis of European languages should foster a sense of European identity, counteracting nationalistic tendencies in the science of language.
		In the presentations that followed, participants focused on various aspects of language contacts, with several attempts to compare the patterns of language contact in the Adriatic and Baltic areas.
		Maja Bratanic (Zagreb) discussed language contacts in EU legal terminology stressing the importance of translation and the role of multilingualism as the basis of the common European heritage.
	www.elama.de /zadar.htm (958 words)

	MEANKIELI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In general however the language is confined to personal and social use but this is slowly changing.
		The number of pupils receiving home language instruction is steadily decreasing and the language is in competition with other foreign languages in school.
		Throughout other schools in the region the language is a subject on the curriculum like any other and is allocated between one to two hours per week at primary and secondary level.
	www.minority2000.net /Gr-75/t67gb.htm (441 words)

	Jnl. of Multilingual and Multicultural Dev. Vol 20:4, 1999 pp 376-473
		This monograph presents a detailed study of the language planning situation in Sweden with particular emphasis on minority languages.
		Swedish language policies towards minorities have been nationalistic, reluctant, and directed towards assimilation.
		However, these first steps towards a new minority policy lag some 20 years behind general developments in the European Union, and except for the Sami, economic expenditure to support minorities, their languages and cultures is limited.
	www.multilingual-matters.net /jmmd/020/jmmd0200376.htm (120 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)