Maintaining linguistic diversity through multilingual education

This paper focuses on the educational system of two states with different cultural backgrounds. On the one hand, this paper examines the current situation of Sami teaching in Finland and on the other hand, it describes the development of Kurdish education in Turkey. Through this paper I point out ho...

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Published inRevista română de studii Baltice şi Nordice Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 97 - 106
Main Author Furu, Adél
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Asociatia Romana pentru Studii Baltice si Nordice 15.08.2014
Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies
The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies
Subjects
Cultural Essay
finland
kurd
linguistic diversity
minority languages in education
Political Essay
sami
Societal Essay
turkey
Turkey
Sami
minority languages in education
Finland
Kurd
linguistic diversity
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Summary:This paper focuses on the educational system of two states with different cultural backgrounds. On the one hand, this paper examines the current situation of Sami teaching in Finland and on the other hand, it describes the development of Kurdish education in Turkey. Through this paper I point out how education in minority languages can contribute to the maintenance of linguistic diversity in the above mentioned multilingual societies. In the multilingual Sápmi area the existing linguistic relationships are constantly changing, while the concept of linguistic diversity is redefined. In the last half decade, Turkey began taking into account the reality of multilingualism of the linguistically heterogeneous state. Today there are several possibilities to study the Kurdish language as a mother tongue.
ISSN:2067-1725
2067-225X
DOI:10.53604/rjbns.v6i1_5