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[-] onlinely@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

So interesting. Thank you for the perspective.

[-] Valbrandur@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you.

I know this all sounds like Mandarin to most of the userbase of this place (which I suppose to be mainly from the US and alien to the politics of places where big regional languages exist in the same space than even larger national languages), but it's not only the attitude of some regular people but also of some major political forces. Just a few months ago, a far-right party in Spain vowed to shut down the Academy of Valencian Language if they ever reached power (something I suppose a linguist like you would never approve), under the excuse of its existence being "a threat to national unity".

Nationalism: not even once.

[-] onlinely@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Please, here in the states we squashed so many native languages it’s impossible to count. And I’m no scholar— I just like translating poetry and ordering drinks in other languages

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