{"id":5068,"date":"2014-12-16T17:49:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T21:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2020-08-14T17:56:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T21:56:12","slug":"the-politics-of-language-examining-the-future-of-the-multilingual-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/the-politics-of-language-examining-the-future-of-the-multilingual-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The Politics of Language: Examining the Future of the Multilingual State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5071\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bilingual1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5071\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bilingual1.jpg\" alt=\"l\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bilingual1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bilingual1-185x185.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Les (Leslie &#8211; Leszek) Sachs\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/22325431@N05\/3612425632\">Flickr<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Let\u2019s consider some important countries\u2019 reasons behind their language politics and how they tie in with the future of international and foreign language studies.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In June 2014, Ukraine\u2019s President Pyotr Poroshenko declared in an address devoted to the 18th anniversary of the country\u2019s Constitution that the Ukrainian language had been, was, and would continue to be the <em>only<\/em> language of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine is one of many countries that have legislation about which languages can be spoken. There are often political implications for countries that have more than one official language, and many governments will use \u2018language policy\u2019 to favor one language over another or promote all national languages on an even scale.<\/p>\n<h3>Language Policies that Favor and Discourage<\/h3>\n<h3>China<\/h3>\n<p>There are as many as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethnologue.com\/country\/CN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">304 living languages in China<\/a>, which include Mandarin (the most common native language, spoken by 70% of the population), Shanghainese, Cantonese, and Taishanese. China is frequently divided among languages, due to the wide variety and the rich cultures that are attached to them.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/27\/world\/asia\/27cantonese.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">huge controversy in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou<\/a> because the national Communist authorities had ordered a major local television network to start broadcasting in Mandarin instead of Cantonese.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Canada\u2019s commissioner of official languages attempting to protect the country\u2019s two languages, China\u2019s ruling Communist Party is trying to squash other languages so one national identity can be forged.<\/p>\n<h3>Belgium<\/h3>\n<p>Dutch, French, and German are the three official languages in Belgium, but Dutch speakers are the majority. The use of language by the country\u2019s public services, including the authorities, is determined regionally but the constitutional freedom of language remains in the private domain.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde region is an area of ongoing linguistic tension as Dutch speakers have little option but to speak in French even within public services like the police.<\/p>\n<h3>Language Policies that Promote and Protect<\/h3>\n<h3>Canada<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/16\/quebecs-language-battle\/\">Canada\u2019s two official languages are English and French<\/a>, both of which have equal standing in Parliament and in all federal institutions, including federal courts. However, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2014\/08\/20\/canadas-language-watchdog-probing-john-bairds-twitter-account-over-lack-of-french-posts\/\">National Post<\/a>\u00a0reported in 2014 how Canada\u2019s Foreign Minister, John Baird, has come under attack about a lack of Twitter statuses in French.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s commissioner of official languages has launched an investigation to see if federal laws around bilingual communication have been broken due to the Canadian government\u2019s responsibility of upholding both languages.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation spotlighted the debate of whether ministerial <a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/05\/how-social-media-is-impacting-language-studies\/\">social media accounts<\/a> fall under the Official Languages Act. Although John Baird\u2019s department has responded defending Baird by stating that he tweets from a personal account, the majority of his tweets are based around foreign affairs issues and are occasionally repeated in French.<\/p>\n<h3>Kazakhstan<\/h3>\n<p>The country\u2019s President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has mixed opinions regarding which language policies the country should follow. Though he considered the possibility of having Kazakhstan follow Ukraine\u2019s example and ban all other languages apart from Kazakh, especially Russian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kazakhstan-language\/kazakhstan-says-russian-not-banned-from-government-after-all-idUSKCN1GD5HP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this was finally denied<\/a>.\u00a0Nazarbayev is able to see that limiting other languages, including English, could potentially set them back as a nation, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.tengrinews.kz\/politics_sub\/President-Nazarbayev-on-language-policy-and-Ukraine-255663\/\">Tengri News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u2018How can we join the club of 30 most developed nations of the world if the young don\u2019t speak the global language?\u2019 Nazarbayev has been able to identify that developing three languages Kazakh, Russian and English within Kazakhstan are integral to the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<h3>Finland<\/h3>\n<p>Finnish and Swedish are both considered national languages in Finland and are compulsory school subjects. Debates around whether Swedish should be a national language alongside Finnish have lost prominence and the two languages are both regarded of equal importance within the nation\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n<p>Bilingual countries like Canada and Finland encourage their citizens to be able to speak several languages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/06\/the-future-of-international-and-foreign-language-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which also improves their chances of finding a better job<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wm.edu\/offices\/revescenter\/globalengagement\/internationalization\/papers%20and%20presentations\/danielkediafull.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A study carried out by Willian &amp; Mary University in 2014<\/a> found that 80% of businesses believed they would improve if their staff had more international skills, including knowing a foreign language. There are, indeed, at least 6,909 distinct languages spoken around the world.<\/p>\n<p>With globalization and increasing bilingualism, many studies have suggested that learning two languages should be encouraged from an early age. Bilingual education can help students become part of a broader society.<\/p>\n<p>With people using more than 6,000 languages worldwide, and the majority of the global population being bi- or multilingual, learning another language has never been so important. It is imperative to remember that bilingualism helps people to participate more fully in such a varied environment.<\/p>\n<p>Countries that are able to meet national priorities while establishing the rights of groups to use and maintain languages will boost the future of international and foreign language studies.<\/p>\n<p><em>Has learning about the complexities of national languages sparked an interest in the intricacies of communication? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/contact_us.php\">Contact Us<\/a> to get more information on what more there is to learn and how to learn it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s consider some important countries\u2019 reasons behind their language politics and how they tie in with 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