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followed by dehumanization and violence. As example is the Holocaust
tragedy, which was the destruction of European Jewry by the Nazis
through an officially sanctioned, government-ordered, systematic plan of
mass annihilation. As many as six million Jews died, almost two-thirds of
the Jews of Europe.
Linguistic discrimination is discrimination based on native
language, usually in the language policy especially in education of a state
that has one or several linguistic minorities. People are sometimes
subjected to different treatment because their preferred language is
associated with a particular group, class or category. Commonly, the
preferred language is just another attribute of separate ethnic groups.
Discrimination exists if there is prejudicial treatment against a person or a
group of people who speak a particular language or dialect. Language
discrimination is suggested to be labeled linguicism or logocism. Antidiscriminatory
and inclusive efforts to accommodate persons who speak
different languages or cannot have fluency in the country's predominant or
"official" language, is bilingualism such as official documents in two
languages, and multiculturalism in more than two languages.
Examples:
The Coptic language: At the turn of the 8th century,
Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan decreed that Arabic replace Koine Greek
and Coptic as the sole administrative language. Literary Coptic gradually
declined such that within a few hundred years, and suffered violent
persecutions especially under the Mamluks, leading to its virtual extinction
by the 17th century.
Language policy of the British Empire in Ireland, Wales
and Scotland: Cromwell's conquest, the long English colonization and
Great Irish Famine made Irish a minority language by the end of 19th
century. It had not official status until the establishment of Republic of
Ireland. In Wales speaking of the Welsh language in schools was
prohibited. Scottish Gaelic also had not official status until the end of 20th
century. Scots was often treated as a mere dialect of English.
Basque: Public usage of Basque was prohibited in Spain
under Franco, 1939 to 1965. Galician and Catalan have similar histories.
Kurdish: Kurdish remains banned in Syria. Until August
2002, the Turkish government placed severe restrictions on the use of
Kurdish, prohibiting the language in education and broadcast media.
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