Questions tagged [languages]
Questions about languages used by states or political organisations.
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Countries where in some parts of the territory they have a single official language different than the one spoken in the rest of the country?
Apart from Finland, Canada, India, South Africa, Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland, are there other countries where in some parts of the territory (like some kind of autonomous region) they have a ...
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How many Ukrainian language schools were still open in Crimea in 2021 compared to 2013?
Russia often complains about the treatment of Russian minorities abroad, especially in Ukraine. But how did they treat the Ukrainian minority themselves?
E.g. how many Ukrainian language schools are ...
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Why is Turkey campaigning to get their name changed to Türkiye in English but not other languages?
The US Embassy recently announced the following:
The State Department will start spelling Turkey as "Türkiye" in
diplomatic and formal settings.
The name change was approved by the U.S. ...
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What % of asylum seekers who entered the EU during the 2015 European migrant crisis are now fluent in the local language?
According to Wikipedia:
The 2015 European migrant crisis, also known internationally as the Syrian refugee crisis, was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into ...
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Are there any jurisdictions in the US that require public school students to learn Spanish?
As the amount of Spanish-speaking Americans is increasing, do some towns, counties, or states mandate all public school students to learn at least some Spanish?
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Are there countries in Europe where there's a 10% (or similar, but low) numeric threshold for minority language rights?
The ill-fated 2012 languages law in Ukraine (proposed by the Party of Regions, but eventually found unconstitutional by Ukraine's supreme court)
allowed the use of minority languages in courts, ...
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Association referenda in Luhansk and Donetsk: What % of the population of the balloted areas are first-language Russian speakers?
Of the population of the areas of Ukraine, now occupied by Russia, where ballots are being conducted, what percentage speak Russian - as opposed to Ukrainian - as their first language?
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The status of Urdu in Pakistan versus the status of Hindi in India
How can we compare the status of Urdu in Pakistan, with the status of Hindi in India before and after 1971 (the split of Pakistan)?
The Internet says that Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, ...
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Are there any multi-country EU polls on the Russian-language policies of former Soviet republics that are either full EU members or EU associates?
Are there any multi-country EU polls (like those conducted by Eurostat or Pew, although not necessarily just by those orgs) on the topic of Russian-language policies in former Soviet republics that ...
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Generally speaking, what is the basis on which a national language for a country is chosen?
This statistic says that 56% of Indian's don't speak Hindi, and this statistic says that only 10% speaks English but still English and Hindi are recognized by the government as official languages. ...
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Has any US state passed a law in a language other than English?
There is an interesting question on the Law stack exchange: "If Congress [of the United States of America] passed a bill written in Spanish, would it be valid?" (the answer appears to be '...
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Besides the Philippines do any countries have bilingual presidential debates requiring two (or more) languages to know what the candidates are saying?
NOTE: I'm not a scholar of language and the only languages I have a working knowledge of are English, Math and Python. What is and isn't Filipino language has had a historical debate including legal ...
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Why does the Govt. of Maharashtra not use Moḍi as the official script of the Maraṭhi Language?
The Moḍi script was extensively used to write Maraṭhi during the rule of the Maraṭha confederacy. But during the British rule, Balbodh (बाळबोध) replaced Moḍi(𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲) for Maraṭhi documentation in the ...
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What are some examples of Ur-Fascist Newspeak?
I'm a big proponent of Umberto Eco's definition of Fascism that he gives in his essay Ur-Fascism; I find it really helps break down the very nebulous and poorly defined - but unmistakeable - concept ...
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How would the Crown change New Zealand's name to Aotearoa in order to help restore the status the Māori language?
CNN's Māori Party campaigns to change New Zealand's name to Aotearoa links to Maoriparty.org's petition Change our official name to Aotearoa.
The Crown is mentioned in two paragraphs of the petition's ...
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