The Baltics: Unity Day; Latgallia
Marginalia writes about Latgallia, and the history and politics of the Baltic Unity Day, marked on Sept. 22.
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Mauritius: Is Kreol inferior in Mauritius?
Mauritian blogger, Jean Lindsay, asks: “How can I accept that Kreol, my mother tongue, is inferior to other languages spoken in Mauritius?”
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Lebanon: Language Differentiating Islamic Movements
Bech raises this question among others: “Is there something that differentiates Islamic movements from other movements?“
And he answers, tentatively: “The difference is in the language used as representative of a different ‘form' of consciousness (culture, etc.) shaped by different institutions and power relations in place.“
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Ukraine: The Language Issue
Victor Yanukovych’s Party of the Regions is pushing for a referendum on granting Russian official status as a national language, in addition to Ukrainian. Below is a selection of views on the “language issue” from the Ukrainian blogosphere.
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