Alaska bill to be signed recognizing indigenous languages as official state languages
If the legislation to recognize 20 Alaska Native languages as official state languages was wrought with emotion, the ceremony to
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Finland’s Swedish speakers now outnumbered by foreign language speakers
New provisional figures from Statistics Finland show that residents whose first language is neither Finnish, Swedish nor Sámi now make
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Finland: Keep Swedish compulsory say teachers
Surveys show a majority of Finns would like to abolish the compulsory teaching of Swedish in Finnish schools. If that
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Climate and language among top concerns for Finns: survey
Legalising gay marriage and demoting Swedish as an official language are the two issues most likely to heatedly divide opinion,
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Would optional Swedish widen Finland’s social divide?
Swedish-language advocate Paavo Lipponen is relieved that politicians are demonstrating a more positive attitude towards learning Swedish, the other official
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Finnish politician defends status of Swedish speakers
Contrary to claims of Finland’s Justice Minister Anna-Maja Henriksson (Swed), researchers say that by 2050 there will be as many
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