| There are numerous research
institutions, international organizations, networks, foundations, NGOs,
and databases that provide valuable information on linguistic rights or
minorities worldwide.
UNESCO's MOST Programme has included annotated links to the more prominent
of these valuable resources. These offer access to a vast amount of documents
on language rights, language legislation, and linguistic minorities.
Linguistic Rights and Legislation
L'aménagement linguistique dans le
monde http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/
Maintained by sociolinguist Jacques Leclerc, this site gathers legislative
information concerning languages for 229 states and autonomous territories
spread over 134 countries. Offers a wide range of search options including
by language, linguistic policy or theme. Extensive country information
and a comprehensive consideration of linguistic issues makes this a
leading site for language policy.
Centre for Multilingual, Multicultural Research
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Policy.html
Wide collection of sites and full text articles concerning language
policy and language rights. Includes US policy documents, articles and
reports concerning language policy and linguistic rights around the
world, and numerous articles and papers on the debate over 'English
Only' in the USA.
Centre Internacional Escarré per a les
Minories Ètniques i Nacionals
http://www.ciemen.org/
This Centre for Ethnic Minorities and Nations, among other things, publishes
a journal on the national question in Europe entitled Europa de les
Nacions and a newsletter on laws, bills, political and legal doctrines
and bibliography concerning languages.
European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages
http://www.eblul.org/
Provides general information about linguistic communities in the European
Union. The Bureau's purpose is to promote and defend the regional or
minority languages of the countries of the European Union and the linguistic
rights of those who speak these languages. Its website also contains
information on linguistic rights developments in the EU.
International Organization for Migration
http://www.iom.int/
An intergovernmental body, the IOM operates a database on migration
legislation which covers citizenship and for some States language laws.
Language Futures Europe
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/eulang.html
Valuable site which considers language policy in Europe and brings together
a collection of resources including texts, articles, essays and news.
Also provides information on relevant institutes and organizations and
includes a special section on monolingualism in the USA.
Linguapax
www.linguapax.org
Linguapax is a UNESCO initiative that aims to promote a culture
of peace through the promotion of multilingual education and respect
for linguistic diversity. This site provides links to numerous sites
of interest as well as the full text of numerous papers from the 2002
World Congress on Language Policies.
MERCATOR Education
http://www.mercator-education.org/
The MERCATOR Project was set up by the European Commission to promote
the interests of the minority/regional languages and cultures within
the European Union. This site information, documentation and research
into regional or minority languages in education.
MERCATOR Legislation
http://www.ciemen.org/mercator/index-gb.htm
The MERCATOR Project was set up by the European Commission to promote
the interests of the minority/regional languages and cultures within
the European Union. This site includes a very valuable database on legal
and/or normative documents that build up the European linguistic frame,
specially from the European Union institutions and languages, as well
as other information on European languages and events.
MERCATOR Media
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~merwww/
The MERCATOR Project was set up by the European Commission to promote
the interests of the minority/regional languages and cultures within
the European Union. The MERCATOR Media site contains overviews of territorial
minority languages in the European Union, of the media of, and links
to related pages and newsgroups.
Report on the Linguistic Rights of Persons Belonging
to National Minorities in the OSCE Area
http://www.osce.org/hcnm/documents/reports/
linguistic_rights/linguistic_rights_en.pdf
This report presents the results of a survey of OSCE state policies
regarding linguistic rights, which was conducted on the recommendation
of the OSCE High
Commissioner on National Minorities
Terralingua
http://www.terralingua.org
International, nonprofit organization concerned about the future
of the world's cultural and biological diversity. Aims are preserving
the world's linguistic diversity and investigating connections between
biological and cultural diversity. Includes sections on linguistic human
rights in education and extensive links and information on language
diversity and endangered languages.
Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights
http://www.linguistic-declaration.org/
Site maintained by the Follow-up Committee for the Universal Declaration
of Linguistic Rights. Contains the text of the Declaration in 10 languages,
as well as links to information on various languages and other sources
of information.
General Minority and
Indigenous Languages Resources
Babylon
http://babylon.kub.nl/
Center for Studies of Multilingualism in the Multicultural Society operating
from the Universiteit van Tilburg, Netherlands. Promotes study on multilingualism
and use of home languages in education.
CouncilNet
http://www.councilnet.org/
CouncilNet is a World Wide Web based network for organizations representing
the less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) in the United States. More
specifically, this website is designed to address the communication
and information needs of the members of the National Council of Organizations
of Less Commonly Taught Languages, as well as those of other organizations,
institutions, and individuals interested in the teaching and learning
of the LCTLs in the United States.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/
Operated by the Center for Applied Linguistics (USA), this site provides
a wide range of resources in areas including English as a second or
foreign language, bilingualism and bilingual education, psycholinguistics
and sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, intercultural communication
and cultural education.
Ethnologue
http://www.ethnologue.com
Invaluable database of more than 6,700 languages according to language
groups, language and country provided by the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
European minority languages
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/saoghal/mion-chanain/en/
This page provides information on minority languages in Europe,
organised according to language families and languages. It also provides
links to linguistic sources of information minority languages worldwide.
Geonative
http://www.geocities.com/geonative
Personal website that aims to increase knowledge of minority and local
languages. Provides extensive information about minority languages as
well as maps and alternative place names.
International Clearing House for Endangered Languages
http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ichel/ichel.html
Located at the Department of Asian and Pacific Linguistics, Institute
of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo.
Provides information on events, links and minority and endangered languages,
including a database on minority languages in Russia. It also has links
to the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages for Asia and Pacific,
Africa, Europe and Northeast Asia.
Less Commonly Taught Languages Project
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/LCTL-links.html
The University of Minnesota's Center for Advanced Research on Language
Acquisition maintains a list of links to World Wide Web sites which
are good resources for language and culture information.
Linguistic Minority Research Institute
http://lmri.ucsb.edu/
Operating from the University of California, the Linguistic Minority
Research Institute conducts research, dissemination and professional
development activities that promote the understanding and improvement
of language minority students in schools, focusing on language, education
and public policy as they relate to linguistic minorities.
Research Centre on Multilingualism
http://www.kubrussel.ac.be/ovm/
A centre for international coordination for language contact researchers
based at Katholieke Universiteit Brussel.
SIL International Linguistic Resources
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/topical.html
Maintained by SIL International, this site provides a comprehensive
list of linguistics sources available on the Internet. Organised by
subject, it includes sites on speech and phonetics, grammar and syntax,
lexicography and text analysis as well as sites on languages and language
families and a small section on language rights and policy.
Stichting VADA
Foundation for Immigrants by Immigrants
http://www.vada.nl/
The VADA Foundation seeks to encourage the integration of immigrants
into the Dutch society by familiarizing them with the use of computers.
VADA also supplies information on issues such as etnic minorities in
the Netherlands and in other countries, religions, peoples and cultures.
Yamada Language Center
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/geoguides.html#top
Contains language related links, newsgroups and mailing lists.
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