State Protection and Promotion of the Sami and Frisian Languages in the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Reports: A comparative study of Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/33109Dato
2023-10-31Type
MastergradsoppgaveMaster thesis
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Wijnia, DaniqueSammendrag
This thesis discusses the protection and promotion of Indigenous and minority languages by
analyzing the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML). The study is
comparative in nature and focuses on the Sami languages, in Norway and Sweden, and the
Frisian languages, in Germany and the Netherlands. The ECRML and its explanatory report
are analyzed as well as the latest complete cycle of reports made by the states, the Committee
of Experts (COMEX), and the Committee of Ministers. This limiting of the number of
documents is necessary to constrain the scope of the thesis and still allow insights in the
protection and promotion of the Sami and Frisian languages by these four states. The
comparative nature of the study is found in the comparison of the states’ approaches to the
protection and promotion of the languages in relation to the ECRML. This sheds some light
on the differences and similarities between the states’ approaches to and compliance with the
ECRML. The main goal of this thesis is to understand how the linguistic rights of the Sami
and Frisians, that are stated in the ECRML, are addressed and followed up in the respective
states in terms of protection and promotion in the primary educational sphere. The importance
of this thesis lies in the creation of understanding of the similarities and differences in
approaches that the four states employ to protect and promote the Sami and Frisian languages
as well as what one can learn from these approaches in terms of state compliance with the
ECRML.
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UiT Norges arktiske universitetUiT The Arctic University of Norway
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