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The EU currently has 24 official languages, but the European linguistic landscape is much broader, including a number of regional and minority languages and those introduced by migrant populations. Respecting linguistic diversity is one of the EU's core principles, and supporting language learning has been a constant EU priority. Promoting language learning is also key to achieving a European education area by 2025, with quality education for all. To support this vision, the EU advocates that young ...

Some 7 000 languages are spoken globally today. However, half of the world's population shares just six native languages, and some 90 % of all languages could be replaced by dominant ones by the end of the century. Following the success of the European Year of Languages (2001), the Council of Europe designated 26 September as the European Day of Languages.

The diversity underpinning the European project is embodied in the harmonious co-existence of 24 official languages. Following the success of the European Year of Languages (2001), the Council of Europe designated 26 September as the European Day of Languages. The European Parliament has consistently acted to support endangered languages and linguistic diversity in the EU, calling on the EU and the Member States to commit resources to their protection and promotion. In May 2018, the European Commission ...

This report delivers an in-depth comparative analysis of thirteen language case studies in order to gain insight into the situation of minority languages in education in Europe. Indications for best practices are described and challenges that minority languages face in education are highlighted. Specific attention is directed to vocational education and career perspectives. Lastly, this report gives recommendations how the EU can support minority languages in education.

Many languages currently spoken in Europe are endangered and some are at imminent risk of extinction. Though education and language policies remain the competence of Member States, the EU has taken initiatives to promote multilingualism and preserve its linguistic diversity, including measures in support of regional or minority languages. A decline in linguistic diversity has been increasingly acknowledged to entail losses in terms of knowledge and cultural heritage.

In line with wider global trends, many languages currently spoken in Europe are endangered and some are at imminent risk of extinction.

In the context of the rich diversity of languages that exist in Europe, this paper considers the possible implications of the disappearance of some of these languages and considers what steps need be planned to safeguard their existence and their future.

In many parts of the European Union there are indigenous groups who speak a language different to that of the majority of the population of the state. It is estimated that nearly 40 million citizens of the Union regularly use a regional or minority language that has been passed on from generation to generation. The study is divided into two parts. Part one describes the initiatives taken at EU level to support regional and minority languages over the last ten years as well as an evaluation of the ...

This study is an update of the study included in the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media on linguistic and cultural minorities in the European Community: rapporteur Mr Mark Millilea (A3-43/92 of 28.1.1994 - PE 201.963), on the lesser used languages in Austria, Finland and Sweden. It is the result of research which, together with a questionnaire, was conducted with the assistance of the European office for lesser used languages on the basis of the definition of a lesser ...