Claire McNab16h ago

I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.

The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.

#PlaidCymru #Wales

Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned. 💚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Show threadHarriettMB16h ago
@2legged It’s brilliant, and I wish it were the same in Ireland and in Scotland.
Show threadClaire McNab16h ago

@HarriettMB Yes, Ireland and Scitlsnd are a long way behind.

In particular, Ireland has failed badly. Despite a (nominally) high priority given to the Irish language throughout the era of independence, use of the language has plummeted

Show threadIan Turton13h ago
@2legged @HarriettMB I'm pretty sure that Ireland is the only EU country that doesn't ask to have documents translated into it's native language
Show threadguenther

@ianturton @2legged @HarriettMB

Luxembourgish isn't an official EU language either.

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Show threadIan Turton10h ago
@guenther @2legged @HarriettMB but doesn't everyone in Luxembourg learn French, German and Luxembourgish at school (and in my experience very good English too)?
Show threadguenther10h ago

@ianturton

Apparently. So it's similar to Ireland where everyone speaks English (and most even have it as their first language), isn't it?

@2legged @HarriettMB

Show threadguenther9h ago

@ianturton

It probably helps though that Luxembourgish and German are closely related, which isn't the case for Irish and English.

@2legged @HarriettMB