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+ | ======Glossary of Terms===== | ||
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==== Autonomous Community ==== | ==== Autonomous Community ==== | ||
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==== Council of Europe ==== | ==== Council of Europe ==== | ||
- | A European wide human rights organisation. Many European states | + | A European wide human rights organisation |
==== European Charter for Regional and Minority languages ==== | ==== European Charter for Regional and Minority languages ==== | ||
- | Convenant drafted by the [[https:// | + | Convenant drafted by the [[general_information:glossary_of_terms# |
* View the text of the Charter [[http:// | * View the text of the Charter [[http:// | ||
* For an overview of which language is protected by which Charter measurements, | * For an overview of which language is protected by which Charter measurements, | ||
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===Part II of the European Charter for Regional and Minority languages=== | ===Part II of the European Charter for Regional and Minority languages=== | ||
- | If a minority language is mentioned under Part II of the Charter | + | If a minority language is mentioned under Part II of the Charter, the state member shall base their policies, legislation and practice on nine framework conditions, including "the provision of appropriate forms and means for the teaching and study of regional or minority languages at all appropriate stages." |
=== Part III of the European Charter for Regional and Minority languages === | === Part III of the European Charter for Regional and Minority languages === | ||
- | If a minority language is mentioned under Part III of the Charter it enjoys " | + | If a minority language is mentioned under Part III of the Charter it enjoys " |
+ | ==== Endangered Languages Project ==== | ||
+ | The Endangered Languages Project is a knowledge-sharing platform for language documentation, | ||
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+ | ==== Ethnologue ===== | ||
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+ | Ethnologue is a [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ==== | ||
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+ | A treaty drafted by the [[general_information: | ||
+ | * View the text of the Framework Convenion [[https:// | ||
+ | * For an overview which state members have signed and/or ratified the Framework Convetnion, look [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Glottolog ==== | ||
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+ | Glottolog is a the [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== International Labour Organization ==== | ||
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+ | International Labour Organization (ILO) is a U.N. agency with [[https:// | ||
==== ISO 639-3 ==== | ==== ISO 639-3 ==== | ||
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For Example: In the kingdom of the Netherlands, | For Example: In the kingdom of the Netherlands, | ||
+ | ==== Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) ==== | ||
+ | The [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Ratification of a treaty==== | ||
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+ | After the signature of a treaty, a state may ratify a treaty. The state is bound to the treaty and agrees to comply to and to implement the provisions of the treaty. | ||
+ | For the Council of Europe, the states that have ratified a treaty agree to periodic reports on the execution of the treaty. | ||
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==== Regional or minority languages ==== | ==== Regional or minority languages ==== | ||
Defined in the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages as languages traditionally used within a given territory of a state by nationals of that state who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the state’s population; they are different from the official language(s) of that state, and they include neither dialects of the official language(s) of the state nor the languages of migrants. | Defined in the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages as languages traditionally used within a given territory of a state by nationals of that state who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the state’s population; they are different from the official language(s) of that state, and they include neither dialects of the official language(s) of the state nor the languages of migrants. | ||
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+ | ==== Signature of a treaty==== | ||
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+ | A state can become a party of the treaty by signing it. As a party, a state cannot interfere with the purpose of the treaty. | ||
==== Standardized orthography ==== | ==== Standardized orthography ==== | ||
If a minority language has a standardized orthography, | If a minority language has a standardized orthography, | ||
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+ | ==== Treaty==== | ||
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+ | A treaty is "an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation" | ||
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+ | A convention, agreement, charter, code, framework convention, or outline convention are forms of a treaty. | ||
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+ | ==== UNESCO ==== | ||
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+ | United Nations Educational, | ||
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+ | ==== UNESCO Atlas of the World' | ||
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+ | The UNESCO Atlas of the World' | ||
+ | ==== United Nations==== | ||
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+ | Established in October 24, 1945, the United Nations (UN) is an international organisation with [[https:// | ||
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