On March 31, 2012, several simultaneous events took place in France's major cities, driven by the overarching goal of showing an unfailing support to regional as well as indigenous languages. These ...

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France, with over 20 regional languages, has always been a multilingual country, but its central government remains reluctant to recognize and fully embrace such diversity. In an interview with Global ...