LL-L "Language politics" 2005.04.07 (01) [E]

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From: 1handclapping <1handclapping at myway.com>
Subject: LL-L

This is simply what happens to minority languages all over the world - the
same will happen in the EU with all languages
- if you begin a studying career now and you want to obtain a master degree
on a "top" university - you will have to learn English
which is a de facto devaluation of all -even major languages-
In principle the EU converses with its citiizens in any of the 20 official
languages -
in practice you can forget it if you are unable to use english.

If minority language speakers want to take action to preserve their language
they should support the idea of "Esperanto" as a 2nd language for everyone..

[Roger Verhiest]

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