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DESCRIPTION:Assessing the degree of language vitality is essential to inf
 orm language policies\, but it also has a lot of limitations. The Belaru
 sian language is a good example of how the existence of dialects and mix
 ed speech varieties\, a lack of high quality research\, and discounting 
 the role of the current state language policies can lead to an inaccurat
 e assessment of the vitality of a language. The World Atlas of Languages
  (2021) and Ethnologue (2023) estimate the number of speakers in Belarus
 ian at more than 1 million speakers\, which results in Belarusian being 
 considered a stable\, or vital\, language. This estimation is based on t
 he results of the 2019 Census\, which cannot be used as a re\;iable reso
 urce because of a number of design faults. On the other hand\, studies l
 ike those by Brown (2007)\, Hentschel\, Brüggemann\, Geiger & Zeller (20
 15)\, and Douglas et al. (2021) prove that the number of speakers of Bel
 arusian is at least twice as little. Coupled with the discrimination Bel
 arusian faces in education\, government administration\, and the media\,
  it puts Belarusian at a higher threat than considered by language vital
 ity catalogues.
URL:stuts74/events/1050.html
SUMMARY:The limitations of assessing the degree of language vitality: the
  example of Belarusian
ORGANIZER:stuts74
LOCATION:stuts74 - Hofburg Raum 1
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