LL-L: "Language politics" LOWLANDS-L, 29.AUG.2000 (02) [E/French]

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From: Roger Thijs [roger.thijs at village.uunet.be]
Subject: Minority languages

This comes from the occitan list list-oc at cco.asso.fr
The Flemish from France is correctly listed as "West-Flemish" in the
message below

--- quote (excerpt from a message from Pèire Brechet <arquin at wanadoo.fr>):

.... Ce sujet vient de faire l'objet d'un rapport au premier Ministre. M.
Cerquilini Président du Conseil supérieur de la Langue Française (et à ce
titre des langues de France) a établit la listes langues parlées sur le
territoire.( mai 1999)
http://www.liberation.fr/languesregio/actu/990705b.html

"Voici les langues parlées par des ressortissants français sur le
territoire de la République:
- France métropolitaine:
Dialecte allemand d'Alsace et de Moselle, basque, breton, catalan, corse,
__flamand occidental__, franco-provençal, occitan (gascon, languedocien,
provençal, auvergnat-limousin, alpin-dauphinois), langues
d'oïl(franc-comtois, wallon, picard, normand, gallo, poitevin-saintongeais,
bourguignon-morvandiau), lorrain, berbère, arabe dialectal, yiddish, romani
chib (langue des tsiganes), arménien occidental."

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A start page for learning about the policy in France:
http://www.liberation.fr/languesregio/index.html

Regards,
Roger
r.thijs at ieee.org

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