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Language campaigners say Welsh is threatened by moves to give English official status on Anglesey
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Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has accused the council of forcing English upon them
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<p> Language campaigners say Welsh is under threat on <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/all-about/anglesey">Anglesey</a> because town hall bosses want to give official status to English in a new policy. </p> <p>Cymdeithas
yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) said the policy,
discussed on Monday, misinterprets the latest language legislation.</p> <p>The
group maintains the 2011 Welsh Language Measure only gives official
status to the Welsh language and establishes that it should be treated
no less favourably than English.</p> <p>Cymdeithas say Anglesey’s
proposed policy gives official status to the English language and states
the two languages should be treated equally.</p> <p> <strong> Calls to save the language: <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/speaking-welsh-good-your-health-10890612#comments-section">Why speaking Welsh is good for your health</a> </strong> </p> <p>In
a letter to the council chair of the Gwynedd and Anglesey region of
Cymdeithas Menna Machreth writes: “It appears you have mistakenly used
the old principle in the Welsh Language Act 1993 of treating the two
languages on the basis of ‘equality’ instead of ‘treating the Welsh
language no less favourably than English’ as is required by the current
language law.</p> <p>“Clearly this mistake has occurred because [clauses
in the policy] have been taken straight out of the old language scheme –
without adapting them to the present legal framework.”</p> <p>She asks
for confirmation that the authority will “correct these errors straight
away” and ensure “up-to-date guidance” is available to officials.</p> <p>And
the campaigner maintains Welsh should be the only language used
internally by the council as happens in neighbouring Gwynedd.</p> <p>The
authority is also criticised for asking Welsh language groups to
present written correspondence to council public meetings in English as
well as Welsh.</p> <p> <strong> It's not the first council row over the language in recent memory: <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-language-not-part-cardiffs-9920236" target="_blank">Welsh language is not a part of Cardiff's 'social fabric', says council leader Phil Bale</a> </strong> </p> <p>The campaigner maintains this is forcing English on Welsh language groups.</p> <p>A
spokesman for the authority said they would finalise revisions and
amendments to the policy before it’s presented to the full council
shortly.</p> <p>“The county council will, of course, ensure that the policy conforms to the relevant legal framework,” they added.</p><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/language-campaigners-say-welsh-threatened-11246078">http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/language-campaigners-say-welsh-threatened-11246078</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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