Official and Trade Languages
Considering languages, political boundaries, official
and trade languages. Write a brief paragraph (about 250 words) which answers the following
questions:
What issues arise in the selection and declaration of official languages?
What issues arise for speakers of languages other than the official languages?
o What kind of experiences, problems and opportunities does this present?
o How does it impact the power of the particular individual in society?
Should countries with a colonial history adopt aboriginal languages as official languages?
Why or why not?
Your discussion should be written in paragraph form and should be formatted in APA or MLA
Style.
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official and trade languages