"Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars" (fwd)

[John Dunn]

Specifically, Russian is mentioned among the thirteen languages included in the declaration issued by the Ukrainian government consequent upon ratification of the Council of Europe's Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (in 2005).  This status is contested by those promoting the cause of Russian, on the grounds that is inappropriate for  Russian to be placed on the same level as, for example, Greek and Gagauz.

I don't know of any specific provisions relating to promoting the learning of 'languages of international communication', but perhaps others can fill the gap.

John Dunn.


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Orr <colkitto at ROGERS.COM>
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:08:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] "Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars" (fwd)

>     * In Ukraine, the free development, use and protection of Russian, and
> other languages of national minorities of Ukraine, is guaranteed.
>     * The State promotes the learning of languages of international 
> communication.

does Russian not fall into both categories?





John Dunn
Honorary Research Fellow, SMLC (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow, Scotland

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