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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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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@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.
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@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…
@paride5745 @kinkkong @EUCommission come on! if French was good enough for the first king of Italy¹, there is no need to use Italian as an international language
¹ yes, fun fact: the first king of Italy didn't speak Italian as his native language
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@paride5745 @kinkkong @EUCommission come on! if French was good enough for the first king of Italy¹, there is no need to use Italian as an international language
¹ yes, fun fact: the first king of Italy didn't speak Italian as his native language
@valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong that king conquered my lands, destroyed my kingdom, and nowadays we are called freeloaders and north Italians (who came to “liberate” us) still act racists towards us. No thanks, that king is no king of mine. May he burn in hell.
Btw I love French, but it’s also because of France that the interwar project to use Esperanto as internal language was vetoed. Esperanto might have had a chance if not for the French.
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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
Kial en la angla ? -
@EUCommission
Kial en la angla ?@Fransua5
Proč ne? -
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
Algunes llengües "regionals o minoritàries" són més parlades que altres llengües "oficials".
Llengües que també són oficials per llei i parlades en més d'un país.
Dividir en 2 categories les llengües que parlen els pobles europeus ja diu molt de la vostra ignorància i menyspreu. -
@docdanny @EUCommission, we can preserve and develop our mother languages, while in the same uniting Europe by a mutual language that does not belong to any particular nation. #Esperanto is the best current candidate for the job
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@EUCommission, makes sense.
But eg. for #Slovak, my native language, they have accounts only on non-libre, and even non-European platforms
It would be really nice if more EC representatives, and other EU institutions and programs have active accounts on libre, global social media, like many in #Fediverse 🥰
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@valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong, this make sense! But even better would be to use a language that is even more neutral, not just "second" in some small countries.
There is #Esperanto - a constructed language that belongs to no specific nation but to whole humankind. Much easier to learn and use, while fully capable of expressing wide range of things. Already works for usual people, and with small additional development it will work fully even in high profile EU political context.
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@Pare @valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong, it makes more sense. Europe needs a mutual language to unite, and that will not happen using a national language of one of the big members.
Better would be even more neutral language, like #Esperanto, as it belongs to no specific nation (not even some competitor nation, like English does), so it can unite people and nations of Europe.
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@Pare @valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong, it makes more sense. Europe needs a mutual language to unite, and that will not happen using a national language of one of the big members.
Better would be even more neutral language, like #Esperanto, as it belongs to no specific nation (not even some competitor nation, like English does), so it can unite people and nations of Europe.
@kubofhromoslav @Pare @valhalla @EUCommission
That's reasonable. But I don't like Esperanto (eo/epo) that much. I'm in favour of #Volapük (vo/vol). I don't know anything about it, yet, but I like the many umlauts:
More about Volapük: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volapük
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@EUCommission, makes sense.
But eg. for #Slovak, my native language, they have accounts only on non-libre, and even non-European platforms
It would be really nice if more EC representatives, and other EU institutions and programs have active accounts on libre, global social media, like many in #Fediverse 🥰
most #fediverse client have support for basic translation of posts, it would be nice to see the EU Commission account switching languages every post
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@Pare @valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong, it makes more sense. Europe needs a mutual language to unite, and that will not happen using a national language of one of the big members.
Better would be even more neutral language, like #Esperanto, as it belongs to no specific nation (not even some competitor nation, like English does), so it can unite people and nations of Europe.
@kubofhromoslav @Pare @valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong Why not #Latin? It has several advantages:
1. It is the base for may European languages and left impressions on all the others.
2. It has been proven to work as an auxiliary language historically as well as contemporarily (Vatican).
3. Many pupils already have to learn it all around Europe for no good reason. It would give a meaning to common practice.
4. Its complicated grammar would make Esperanto look even more desirable.
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@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
@valhalla @EUCommission @kinkkong
Is there a "main official language" for countries in the EU?For example Belgium uses three official EU languages [*]: Dutch, French, German.
Do they have to choose a "main" one?Official languages are official for EU, not necessarily for some of the countries, and they must be approved by EU, not by the single countries, right?
When Ireland became a member, only English was added as official, is it their "main" language?
[*] https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-countries/belgium_it
