What about the “Declaration of Linguistic Rights”?

Submitted by sociolingo on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:46.

A new article by Don Osborn at Multidisciplinary Perspectives

What about the “Declaration of Linguistic Rights”?

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Don

Logo of UDLRThere are probably not many people who have heard of the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights (UDLR). The whole concept of linguistic rights is not widely known or discussed outside of some “MINEL” (minority, indigenous, national, endangered, local) language communities and language experts and activists. During this International Year of Languages, and with an upcoming Symposium on Linguistic Rights in the World (Geneva, 24 April), it would seem to be an ideal moment to ask where we are going with the UDLR and the whole concept.

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