Linguistic Minorities
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Globalisation » Social » Exposed » Minorities » Linguistic
Category
videos
Date
2010-11-28
Actor
Russia Today (RT)
Source
YouTube
Uploaded date
2011-10-25
Uploaded by
Kristina Sukeviciute
Link
Tongue-Tied: National Minorities Banned from Using Their Language in Lithuania
"Poles in Lithuania say they are being persecuted for using their native language to spell Polish street names and even surnames. But authorities in Vilnius insist they are simply upholding the law. Almost a quarter of a million ethnic Poles live in Lithuania. Warsaw ruled the land for centuries. So nowadays in some villages the Polish amount to over 80 per cent of the population." (Quoted from video description)
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