Questions tagged [language-planning]
For questions about language planning and language policy. Note that this is not about planned or constructed languages like Esperanto, use the tag constructed-languages instead.
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Should orthographies represent phonemes or phones?
I am currently working with Salvadoran Nawat, an endangered language that has never had a standardized orthography due to being primarily oral. As part of the revitalization process, we need to ...
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Why doesn’t a language modernization initiative adopt pure phonetic spelling?
Given that there are language associations that work to standardize languages’ orthography, vocabulary, grammar, etc., why is it not more common to use phonetically accurate spelling?
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Educating people in their mother tongue
Not all nations provide education in the national tongue.
In India, being educated in English is generally preferred.
I am looking for any study with details about the situations in different ...
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What is the name of the view that language is that which is used by people?
Some people believe that language should be managed or engineered. That is to say, new words should be created, wrong usages should be rectified, etc.
On the contrary, some others believe that a ...
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How has the standardization of the Friulian language made the language easier to learn?
I read that, the standardized version of Friulian was made to make learning it simple. However, did it really make the language simpler? Are there still variations in the pronunciation of letters like ...
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