DCMS Committee tae speir intae healtht an’ future o’ minority leids

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MPs wul leuk intae the key factors adae wi’ gif a minority leid thrives, quhat the criteria shud bae tae wrocht oot official stannin an’ gif thaire ir lessons tae bae lairned fae ither kintras at hae widespread fluency in mair nor yin leid.

Terms o’ Reference

The DCMS Committee bes leukin fer screevit evidence oan the questions ablow bae Mairch 10th 2023

1. Quhat ir the key factors at determine gif a minority leid thrives?
2. Quhat lessons cud we lairn fae kintras quhar fowk ir fit tae speak baith the majority leid an’ a locail minority leid?
3. Quhat stannarts shud bae uised tae wrocht oot gif a minority leid shud get official status?
4. Quhat shud bae the roul o’ the UK Government in heftin an’ forderin indigenous minority leids?

Screevit evidence can bae gien in a minority leid bit maun hae an Inglis owresettin alang wi’ hit.

Rt. Hon. Damien Green MP Ectin Chairsman o’ DCMS Committee sayed;

“Thaim trevellin through the British Islans a when o’ hunner yeirs sine wud hae heered a rich array o’ differ leids an’ dialects fae Norn in the far noarth tae Cornish in the sou’west. Sine thae tims we hae cum tae bae mair an’ mair monoglot bit the Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Airish, Welsh, Ulster-Scots an’ Cornish leids ir still gyely important pairts o’ locail culture, wi’ ithers laike Cornish bein’ revived. Oor speirin wul leuk aa hoo oor minority leids ir farin’, gif they wul bae fit tae survive in a worl’ dominated bae Inglis an quhat roul the Government shud pley in preservin’ an’ forderin’ thaim.”

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