On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
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It's funny, that you post this in #English and solely in English. Which is the official language only in two member nations, #Irelande and #Malta, and even there second to #Irish and #Maltese, respectively.
I know, that my #Basque and #Catalan friends will not be happy: But how about declaring #Spanish THE official language of the #EU? It is the second largest language in number of native speakers after #Mandarin, and it's nine times the native speakers of English inside the EU.
@KinkKongIt is the second largest language in number of native speakers
The claim colonialist conquests as "native", is dubious. -
@kinkkong @EUCommission Ya que quieres promover el español te respondo en español. ¿Por qué el mensaje en inglés? Bueno si pudieras pararte ahora mismo en medio de una calle en Berlin, Praga, Helsiski o cualquier capital europea y le preguntas a la gente que pase que otro idioma hablan a parte de su idioma nativo, habrá muchos más que hablen inglés. El español es grande, si, pero no tan grande como para considerarse una lingua franca.
Bueno, el mensaje de inicio es en inglés, entonces respondi en inglés.
En Berlín hay tanta gente que habla español, es impresionante. Muchos latin@s, pero tambien muchos jovenes que lo aprenden en la escuela.
Todavía, mi inglés es mejor que mi español. Pero me parece mucho más fácil aprender español que inglés. Entonces es más apto como lingua franca de la #UE.
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@KinkKong
It is the second largest language in number of native speakers
The claim colonialist conquests as "native", is dubious."Native" means "by birth", or first language. By far most Americans learn #Spanish as their first language, even if their ancestors spoke other languages. It's a sad story, of course. And it did not even begin with European colonialism. The Inkas already (partially) forbid other languages than #Quechua.
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@kinkkong @EUCommission honestly, using a language that is not the official language of one of the big countries of the EU (but is widely known as a second language) sounds better than giving undue advantage to the people in a country that already has a big population.
And besides, if that single language had to be chosen by number of EU speakers, I believe that German or French would come first, then Italian¹, and only then Spanish
¹ please don't! too many Italians are already self-centered assholes, they don't need to be helped gain confidence in their cultural importance this way.
Same reason, I did not suggest my own language, German. Too many assholes.
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Bueno, el mensaje de inicio es en inglés, entonces respondi en inglés.
En Berlín hay tanta gente que habla español, es impresionante. Muchos latin@s, pero tambien muchos jovenes que lo aprenden en la escuela.
Todavía, mi inglés es mejor que mi español. Pero me parece mucho más fácil aprender español que inglés. Entonces es más apto como lingua franca de la #UE.
@kinkkong @EUCommission Estoy de acuerdo el español es enorme, cuando viajé a Hungría el año pasado, en el aeropuerto la persona de la casa de cambio y 3 camareros de 3 restaurantes diferentes me hablaron en español (Húngaros) y algo parecido me pasó en París... Aún así hay mucha más gente que habla inglés como segundo idioma
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@kinkkong @EUCommission Estoy de acuerdo el español es enorme, cuando viajé a Hungría el año pasado, en el aeropuerto la persona de la casa de cambio y 3 camareros de 3 restaurantes diferentes me hablaron en español (Húngaros) y algo parecido me pasó en París... Aún así hay mucha más gente que habla inglés como segundo idioma
De acuerdo, claro que si!
Pero eso puede cambiar con el tiempo.
Lingua franca era griego, después latin, en un momento francés, ahora es inglés, pero en un momento puede ser #castellano o #mandarin
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 
60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission Catalan is spoken by 10 million people and still it's not an official language of the EU.
Each country has its own policies to manage other languages, most of the time the minority language keeps waning. It's not an EU thing.
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission less than in Ghana, for example. The nostalgic clinging to different languages is laughable - downtown a certain degree it hinders free information flow and free trade, which are some of the more important central things of the EU. I like diversity as in different views on the same subject, and all languages in the EU are easily translated, so that's fine, but once you have to get a translator for the translator, to show people your product, you're basically f***ed.
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@Pare @EUCommission ma l'UE mi sembra molto attiva nel campo delle traduzioni, basta visitare i vari portali informativi dell'Unione. Poi se questo tipo di post sono in inglese, immagino sia per la maggiore visibilità linguistica, di certo non per far affronto alla nostra bella lingua romanza.
Buongiorno @angelomassaro,
non dico che l'intero impianto dell'UE sia contrario alla pluralità linguistica.Però i problemi ci sono e l'uso smodato di una lingua difficile come l'inglese, usata come "standard de facto", anche se molte e molti europei non la capiscono o la capiscono male, è uno di questi.
A volte i bandi vengono tradotti con mesi di ritardo, creando una pesante discriminazione.
Oggi l'@EUCommission ricorda questa giornata e lo fa dimenticando le lingue madre di quasi tutti.
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission Well if The Greenland Ice Sheets melt toward Northern Europe due to fossil fuels abuse causing an AMOC collapse; you better reinvent "unbreakable" right-quick.
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission then maybe tell France to stop actively suppressing languages other than Northern French inside its own territory!!! or recognize Catalan, a language with 10mi speakers, spoken in 3 EU countries!!!
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission "60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million people", being Catalan the main one of the "regional" languages, with around 10 milion speakers. Catalan is more spoken than other official EU languages, and yet, YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN and treat us like second class Europeans.
So take your whitewashing International Mother Language Day and f**k off.
You can still demonstrate your commitment with actions, not empty words.
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission yet you are not interested in protecting any of it, as your policy regarding not official languages is inexistent when not supporting their dissppearance. EU is just a trading club.
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission 60 lol, France has 75 languages in its lands
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@kinkkong @EUCommission honestly, using a language that is not the official language of one of the big countries of the EU (but is widely known as a second language) sounds better than giving undue advantage to the people in a country that already has a big population.
And besides, if that single language had to be chosen by number of EU speakers, I believe that German or French would come first, then Italian¹, and only then Spanish
¹ please don't! too many Italians are already self-centered assholes, they don't need to be helped gain confidence in their cultural importance this way.
Ciao @valhalla,
do you mean that using English now does make sense, because of Brexit?
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Ciao @valhalla,
do you mean that using English now does make sense, because of Brexit?
@EUCommission @kinkkong@Pare @EUCommission @kinkkong it's not like they were the most important EU country either, but yeah, it helped
I hope that when Scotland will join back into the EU they'll use Scots and Scottish Gaelic as their main official languages
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Hi @kinkkong! We are dedicated to diversity and multilingualism. However, this particular social media page is in English because, for practical reasons, it is not feasible to do it in all 24 official EU languages.
You could consider checking out the pages run by our colleagues in the EU Representations in the Member States, which are available for every country and in every EU language. Find out more here: https://link.europa.eu/dhBrwm
@EUCommission @kinkkong i aquest és el truc. Ens ha de representar Espanya, que minoritza el nostre idioma (que no és minoritari, però està miniritzat) i nosaltres que el giram en nom del negoci i el turisme.
És que no és pràctic, millor ho feim tot en anglès, un idioma sense cap país que el reprrsenti dins l'EU. Perfecte. Meravellós.
Bon dia dels idiomes materns (segons quind, i segons on) -
@kinkkong @EUCommission honestly, using a language that is not the official language of one of the big countries of the EU (but is widely known as a second language) sounds better than giving undue advantage to the people in a country that already has a big population.
And besides, if that single language had to be chosen by number of EU speakers, I believe that German or French would come first, then Italian¹, and only then Spanish
¹ please don't! too many Italians are already self-centered assholes, they don't need to be helped gain confidence in their cultural importance this way.
@valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong but everybody loves the sound of Italian… so it would make sense to use it at least instead of French as co-official language of the EU…
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On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.
The EU is home to:
24 official languages 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million peopleMultilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.
This diversity is our strength.
@EUCommission yes, sure...just one problem here, catalan people still waiting...
Catalan is our language but you forget about us so you are not respecting our mothers and fathers language day. -
@tmallafre hipòcrites i cínics
@EUCommissionAlgú podria creure que és una fantasia europea, una visió il·lusòria, però no, és exactament HIPOCRESIA EUROPEA!
@EUCommission, el que de debò celebreu és el dia de les llengües "maternes" estatals d'estats lingüicides que per a molts parlants són llengües imposades talment com madrastes de la ventafocs.
Podeu mentir tot el què vulgueu, ja que d'això en sabeu molt, però no enganyeu. I ara a seguir malgastant el futur en bombes i crims.
