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China’s official common language gains further strength against minority languages

  • Dr Alexandra Grey,

Government bodies are adding new protections to the official Chinese language and reducing linguistic diversity.

INTRODUCTION: Linguistic revitalisation is ultimately a struggle for social justice

  • Dr Lajiadou & Professor Ikuko Nakane,

Policymakers, educators, and communities need to champion multilingual education, preserve heritage languages, and empower marginalised voices.

‘The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet’ by Gerald Roche

  • Jack McMahon,

An accessible yet complex cross-disciplinary analysis of how state policy promotes some languages while suppressing others.

Challenging assimilation and marginalisation: the case of the Kurdish language

  • Dr Farangis Ghaderi and Dr Joanna Bocheńska,

Kurdish speakers are not at all reconciled with the loss of their languages.

Bridging the gap between reality and Japan’s Ainu Cultural Policy

  • Prof Jeffry Gayman & Saana Santalahti,

The indigenous Ainu people of Japan are trying to revitalise and reclaim their language, but they face major hurdles.

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