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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial
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<br>
Re. March 31st demonstrations for 'regional' languages in the
French
territories <br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow"></span><span style="orphans:
2;widows: 2;
word-spacing:0px">The demonstrations will be held in:</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Tolosa /</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span
class="textexposedshow"><span
style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Toulouse</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span
class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> for Occitan,</span></span><span
class="apple-converted-space"><span
style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Kemper /</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span
class="textexposedshow"><span
style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Quimper</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span
class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> for Breton and Gallo, (and New-York for
Breton) plus concert.</span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Strassburg /Strasbourg for
Alsacian</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Baiona / Bayonne for Basque</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Perpinyà / Perpignan for Catalan</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Ajacciu/Ajaccio for Corsican</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Metz for Lotharingian and
Hochdeutsch, Luxemburgish
and Lorrain Roman</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Rijsel / Lille for Flemish</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Saint Quentin and Ons-en-Bray
for Picard</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Poitiers for
Poitevin-Saintongeais</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Annecy for Savoyard</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Outre Mer territories :
Martinique, Guyane, and
Réunion for Creole and the indigenous languages.</span><br>
<br>
</span><span style="orphans: 2;widows:
2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;float:none;word-spacing:0px">The
demonstration
organisers, EBLUL-France, the Association des Rencontres
inter-régionales des
langues et cultures régionales, and the new European Language
Equality Network
(ELEN), have called on the French presidential candidates to
state their
position on regional language rights and are calling for a
change in the
constitution so as to:</span><span style="font-family:
"Arial Narrow"; color: black;" lang="EN-GB"><br
style="orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px">
<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><br>
<span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; float: none;
word-spacing: 0px;">1) Recognise </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="background:white"><span
style="orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
float:none;word-spacing:0px">linguistic
diversity</span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="background:white"><span
style="orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
float:none;word-spacing:0px"> in the constitution of and</span><span
class="apple-converted-space"><span style="orphans: 2;
widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px"> </span><span class="textexposedshow">the
rights of
citizens to their regional or territorial language;</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">2) French ratification of
the Council of Europe’s
Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">3) For a new law which
allows for the co-officiality
of regional languages in their territories.</span><br>
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"></span><br>
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span
style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span style="orphans: 2;widows:
2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">Demonstration
details:</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span
style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;background:white"><a
href="http://www.languesregionales.org/" target="_blank"
rel="nofollow nofollow"
onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
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event, bagof(null));' style="cursor:pointer"><span
style="color:#3B5998;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"
lang="EN-GB">http:/</span><span
style="color:#3B5998;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"
lang="EN-GB">/</span><wbr><span
style="color:#3B5998;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"
lang="EN-GB"></span><span style="display:
inline-block">www.languesregionales.org/</span></a></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span
style="font-family:"Arial Narrow";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;background:white"><a
href="http://deompdei-kemper2012.org/" target="_blank"
rel="nofollow nofollow"
onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
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style="color:#3B5998;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"
lang="EN-GB">http:/</span><span
style="color:#3B5998;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"
lang="EN-GB">/</span><wbr><span
style="color:#3B5998;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"
lang="EN-GB"></span><span style="display:
inline-block">deompdei-kemper2012.org/</span></a></span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow""><a
href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eurolang/174907085047"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eurolang/174907085047</span></a></span><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial
Narrow";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><br>
Please disseminate the demonstration information widely. <br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><br>
Davyth Hicks<br>
Eurolang- ELEN<br>
</span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Brussels<br>
</span></st1:place></st1:city></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:davyth.hicks@eurolang.net">davyth.hicks@eurolang.net</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:davyth.hicks@europarl.europa.eu">davyth.hicks@europarl.europa.eu</a><br>
<st1:city><st1:place><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"></span></st1:place></st1:city><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On 27/03/2012 17:07, Harold Schiffman wrote:
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cite="mid:CAB7VSRD9p7g6Ya3YuSTmYknToCoNWZghH1gk2Xyx5BUoH_mK4Q@mail.gmail.com"
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<pre wrap="">Forwarded From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:penguists@babel.ling.upenn.edu">penguists@babel.ling.upenn.edu</a>
FW: March 31st event/Threatened Languages of France and Surrounds
You are invited to a special event at the CUNY Graduate Center!
WHAT? "Threatened Languages of France and Surrounds", a panel discussion
WHO? Charles Kergaravat, president BZH New York; Marie-Reine Jezequel
of the Diwan movement; Thierry Kranzer, President of l'Union
Alsacienne de NY, Secretary General of the Committee of French
Associations of NY; Juliette Blevins, Endangered Language
Initiative; Daniel Kaufman, Endangered Language Alliance, and others.
WHEN? 1-3 pm, Saturday, March 31st
WHERE? Room 5414, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave., NYC
This event is scheduled to coincide with similar events going on
throughout France the same day in support of regional and minority
languages. French is the only official language of France, though
dozens would qualify under the European Charter for Regional or
Minority Languages. France is one of the only major Western European
countries that has not ratified this Charter. Please join us to
discuss issues related to minority languages of France and surrounding
countries.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ling-penguists">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ling-penguists</a>
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