S8: Multilingual Areas, Minority Names
 

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Reactions by linguistic minorities

  • Difference between linguistic groups becomes marked

  • A hierarchy between linguistic groups is established

  • A process of awakening of regional consciousness takes place

  • Self-recognition

  • Experience of discrimination occurs

  • Action is undertaken

  • This may lead to accommodation of minority language

 

Options for rendering multilingual situations

1. Exchanging minority language names for majority language names

2. Adapting minority language names to majority language

3. Bilingual representation

4. Adopting minority language names

5. id + Bilingual marginal information and legends

 

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