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Descriptor English:

Linguistic Rights

Descriptor Spanish:

derechos lingüísticos

Descriptor Portuguese:

Direitos Linguísticos

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Definition English:

Linguistic rights are the human and civil rights concerning the individual and collective right to choose the language or languages for communication in a private or public atmosphere. Other parameters for analyzing linguistic rights include the degree of territoriality, amount of positivity, orientation in terms of assimilation or maintenance, and overtness. (From: Extra, G., and Yağmur, K. (2004). "Language rights perspectives". [cited in Linguistic Rights. Available in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_rights])

History Note English:

2018

Record Number:

57360

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