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The French government hosted the first Assises nationales des langues de France in 2003, [20] but this national round table on the languages of France served to highlight the contrast between cultural organisations and language activists on the one hand and the state on the other.
The Law as published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française. The Toubon Law (full name: law 94-665 of 4 August 1994 relating to usage of the French language) is a French law mandating the use of the French language in official government publications, in all advertisements, in all workplaces, in commercial contracts, in some other commercial communication contexts, in all ...
Of the languages of France, ... that would give competencies to the regions in language policy). [5] The regional languages of France are sometimes ...
Pages in category "Language policy in France" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L.
General Delegation for the French language and the languages of France (French: Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France, DGLFLF) is, in France, a unit of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Its mission is to lead, at the interdepartmental level, the language policy of France, concerning both the French ...
The French Toubon law provides a good example of explicit language policy. The same may be said for the Charter of the French Language in Quebec. [8] Scholars such as Tollefson argue that language policy can create inequality: "language planning-policy means the institutionalization of language as a basis for distinctions among social groups ...
The Académie Française [a] (French pronunciation: [akademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu , the chief minister to King Louis XIII . [ 1 ]
In Occitan, vergonha (Occitan pronunciation: [beɾˈɣuɲo̞, veʀˈɡuɲo̞], meaning "shame") refers to the effects of various language discriminatory policies of the government of France on its minorities whose native language was deemed a patois, where a Romance language spoken in the country other than Standard French, such as Occitan or ...