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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Dr Fraser<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is true that longer established
immigrant languages certainly do seem to attract a greater degree of interest
in most countries but, with reference to the hierarchy of rights you suggest,
would it not be the case that whilst individuals may be thought of as deserving
similar language rights, languages should be afforded different rights according
to their status. Cornish is a language that is not spoken outside of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cornwall</st1:place></st1:City> and is
endangered. I am not sure Urdu would be considered an endangered language. Cymraeg
(Welsh) my own language will soon be overtaken by Panjabi or Bengali as the
second most widely spoken language in the UK- but I would still argue for particular
rights to be accorded to speakers of Cymraeg based on the argument the language
is endangered and not spoken by an appreciable number of people outside of
Wales. I am sure you know this argument so, as a student rather than an established
academic in this area, I am making the point because I would be interested in
your, or anyone else’s response…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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owner-lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
[mailto:owner-lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Anthea Fraser Gupta<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 Mai 2007 16:29<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: New map showing
signatories to European Charter on linguistic minorities</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Let's not forget that this protects only
'indigenous' linguistic minorities, and not 'immigrant' linguistic minorities. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>You can read about this policy at:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/regmin_en.html">http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/regmin_en.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>and see the list of the languages identified as 'regional and minority
languages' at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a
href="http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/index_en.html">http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/index_en.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm not against 'regional and minority languages', but I do think
speakers of widely spoken 'immigrant' languages (awful expression) deserve
rights too. I would certainly argue (indeed, have argued) that in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, for
example, the linguistic minority who speak Urdu have a better case for
protection than those who speak Cornish.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Anthea<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Anthea Fraser Gupta (Dr) <br>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Leeds</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode
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<www.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/afg> <br>
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