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LANGUAGE > LANGUAGES > NATIONAL LANGUAGES

Preferred term

NATIONAL LANGUAGES  

Definition

  • A LANGUAGE WHICH IS A SOURCE OR SIGN OF IDENTITY FOR A NATION. POTENTIALLY DISTINGUISHED FROM AN OFFICAL LANGUAGE, E.G. UNTIL THE MID-1980S LUXEMBOURG HAD TWO OFFICAL LANGUAGES (FRENCH AND GERMAN) BUT THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE WAS THEN, AS IT IS NOW, LUXEMBOURGISH.

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History note

  • TERM CREATED MARCH 2003

Definition source

  • CODL

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/458d9ee5-11c6-4cf2-998f-3c530dcae03c

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