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Gelao: A highly marginalized language of China

  • Prof. Yancheng He & Prof. Yongxian Luo,

The Gelao language may be left without native speakers in just two to three generations, but researchers are trying to preserve it.

中国的官方通用语言在少数民族语言面前进一步强化

  • Dr Alexandra Grey,

并非所有国家的宪法都涉及语言问题 …

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.

From homogeneity to plurality: Reimagining language policies for ‘multicultural’ children in South Korea

  • A/Prof Jaran Shin,

South Korean children with a parent from a Southeast Asian nation are labelled ‘multicultural’ – a categorisation that subjects them to discrimination.

Pakistan needs a multilingual education model to protect minority language groups

  • Ameer Ali and Professor Maya Khemlani David,

English and Urdu are dominant in Pakistan’s education system and other languages have been neglected or marginalised.

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