Linguicide

The linguicide is the act to kill a Langue. The term is used inter alia by Claude Hagège in his work Halte with died of the languages , 2001. It is a particular form of Ethnocide.

There are two forms of linguicides reconnues :

  • that which consists for an individual, not to transmit its language to his/her children, for various personal reasons, which can have effects if this practice is adopted by a great number (case of the dialects Occitan S and vernacular languages of France)
  • that who consists, for a State, to carry out a Politique linguistics linguicide, i.e.:
    • to incite the speakers of a language (generally different from the languages officially recognized by this State) not to transmit their language to their offspring,
    • not to ensure teaching in a language of this State,
    • not to allow the public use of a language,
    • exaggeratedly to promote a language close to that to make disappear.

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