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31/03/2012 - France

Thousands march for regional langue d'oc in Toulouse

Over 20,000 people demonstrated in the south-western French city of Toulouse in defence of the local language, Occitan, on Saturday.

06/07/2011 - Sweden - China

Chinese to be taught in all Swedish schools

Chinese is to be taught in all Swedish primary schools, making Sweden the first European country to introduce the instruction of Chinese as a foreign language in all primary and secondary ...

Race to record dying languages in Sierra Leone
27/07/2010 - Crossroads

Race to record dying languages in Sierra Leone

Africa has about 2,000 of the world's 6,000 languages. Hundreds are on the verge of extinction.

16/06/2010 - France - UK

British ex-foreign minister calls French "useless" language

Chris Bryant, Minister for Europe under former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on Wednesday defended referring to French as a "useless language" the previous day in parliament. 

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