GEOG 1001 Lecture : Geog Notes Sept 27
Document Summary
Bilingual heritage in finland (swedish and finnish signs) Non-european languages: basque separatist movement, violence against spanish, 700,000 speakers. Latvian language; baltic language, no more than a couple of million people, restoring language, after. Wwii latvia became part of soviet union, russian became language of soviet union, restricted latvian textbooks, language began to erode; allowed latvian in singing festivals with folk songs in traditional language. Singing revolution (1989) latvian became language in schools again, first language act maintain, protect, develop latvian language in books, magazines, tv, folk songs, public had a right to use the language. Despite national pride, latvians also recognize that they need to encourage young to study english to prepare them to speak and work in wider european community. Belgium has 2 official languages: dutch (north) and french (south); very little effort to encourage bilingual; weak sense of national identity, people see themselves as members of linguistic ethnic group as opposed to members of a country.
