Blog feedUK issues third European Charter for regional or minority languages
June 8th, 2009The UK has just issued its third report on its implementation of the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Read more from Eurolang website
http://www.eurolang.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3181&Itemid=0
How Gàidhlig is doing
Scottish Gaelic has made progress with the new Gaelic TV channel, and Bòrd na Gàidhlig have announced their new language plan for Highland Council. However, despite strong Scottish governmental support, overall there’s still the lack of adequate provision of relatively easy to achieve items such as bilingual signage, and the language plans, required by the Gaelic language act, need to be adopted by all the councils in Scotland. The TV channel is also hamstrung from not being available through as a regular terrestrial channel on Freeview, the UK standard provider.
Find the full report on the Council of Europe website http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/Report/
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