NationStates Jolt Archive

We have submitted a proposal to the UN to form a department studying and promoting minority language use.

If you are interested in endorsing this proposal, please do!

Thanks.

No. You may promote and study minority languages in your own nation. There is no need for the UN to start promoting them. And to force our lovely Psychotropics by the power of the UN to study your beloved language is just appalling.

One problem with the world at the moment is that as tribes lose their identity and join the Westernised world we live in, they lose their identity and the languages associated with them. I think it's very important to attempt to conserve these languages, whether or not the government of the requisite nature cares enough to study it for us.

Besides, pooling resources such as talent in linguistics is important and to have one big, talented team doing the job would be far better than a lot of small, less talented teams with less focus.

One problem with the world at the moment is that as tribes lose their identity and join the Westernised world we live in, they lose their identity and the languages associated with them. I think it's very important to attempt to conserve these languages, whether or not the government of the requisite nature cares enough to study it for us.

Besides, pooling resources such as talent in linguistics is important and to have one big, talented team doing the job would be far better than a lot of small, less talented teams with less focus.

Really ? I think that having one big team is less effective than using serval small teams. Look at the progress OSS/Linux has made compared to that of say.... Windows. In a smaller ammount of time, Linux has become a much more stable, reliable os than windows...... and Linux is comprised of serveral tiny groups instead of one giant team.

One problem with the world at the moment is that as tribes lose their identity and join the Westernised world we live in, they lose their identity and the languages associated with them. I think it's very important to attempt to conserve these languages, whether or not the government of the requisite nature cares enough to study it for us.

Besides, pooling resources such as talent in linguistics is important and to have one big, talented team doing the job would be far better than a lot of small, less talented teams with less focus.

Really ? I think that having one big team is less effective than using serval small teams. Look at the progress OSS/Linux has made compared to that of say.... Windows. In a smaller ammount of time, Linux has become a much more stable, reliable os than windows...... and Linux is comprised of serveral tiny groups instead of one giant team.

I agree with psychotropics. One big team would be less effective. Smaller teams would be more focused, as they would most likely be assigned specific tasks. Promoting minority languages is important, the UN is a national organization, and it should support all nations that choose to support and follow it.

*forces its sex down as he begins to speak*

Minority languages... just as rights of indiginous peoples and related issues defenately a UN matter. why dont you..uh.. show the (draft) resolution?

Minority languages do not need representation. These are national issues, not international issues. The majority language of a given country is that which represents that country. Period.

Nopers.

Regional languages are part of the *worlds* cultural inheritance and are therefor a matter of the UN.

I do not agree with this proposal. Although this statement comes from someone who is learning/speaking 5 languages and has the enthusiasm to learn even more, I do not agree that the UN should have to create a department to learn these "minority" languages. It is the sole responsibility of each nation to preserve it's tribal/native languages. If their languages are in danger of becoming dead languages, they should develop their own programs to teach their citizens these languages. This is definately not the responsibility of the UN.

I agree with Psychotropics regarding small groups vs. large groups. Smaller groups tend to be more efficient, focused and "civil". Dependable solutions are often created in less time with smaller groups as well. Too often larger groups have a greater variety of opinions. Solutions are only created when either people are in a hurry to just get things over with or after vast periods of time to sort out differences between individuals.

On another note regarding the conservation of native languages: Who would choose which languages are taught in the UN/for the UN? Certainly not all nations who have dying languages are a part of the UN, but they still derserve our protection. Even if part of this proposal was to exclude non-UN nations, there are countless numbers of tribal and native languages that are not represented in the UN, but the indigenous countries are represented therein. Even if this proposal was passed, it would take decades to implement it considering the number of languages we would need to learn and the time it takes to learn them. There are many other issues that need to be addressed before this one.

Gee, here's an idea. How bout' the U.N. gets its slimy, power hungry, good-for-justaboutnothing claws off of independent nations business!!!!