National language

Southeast Asia. The national capital of the country is Jakarta. Indonesia is an archipelago consists of more than 13000 islands. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country of the world. The population of Indonesia is around 250 million (Paauw, 2009). Indonesia got freedom on 27th December, 1949. Indonesian is the official national language of Indonesia. It is also known as Bahasa Indonesia. In this essay the author will see the emergence of Indonesian language as the language of national identity after

Common national language has consistently been a fundamental driving force to uphold national bonding all over the globe. This can be recognized by historical examples ranging from those found in Western countries to Asian countries, such as how French was adopted as a means to reunify France as a whole country after the French Revolution and how Korea has made use of a common Korean language to unite the Three Kingdoms and to secure statehood. In this context, ‘common national language’ refers to

of Europe, is a country which is a part of United Kingdom, shares its borders with Scotland (to south) and Wales (to west). It comprises most of southern island of Great Britain. It is separated by Europe by English Channel and North Sea. The national language for England is English and has a fascinating blend of ethnic groups and international cultures. It has a land area of 130,279 km2 (50,301 sq mi) with total population of 54,786,300 (2015 estimate). In fact England alone makes up for 80% of population

THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION BY ONUOHA BEATRICE N. (MRS.) DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES HUSSAINI ADAMU FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, KAZAURE, JIGAWA STATE BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT WOMEN IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT (WITED) NATIONAL CONFERENCE AT THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC ILARO, OGUN STATE 8TH – 11TH OCTOBER, 2012 ABSTRACT The relationship between language and communication in the business of information encoding and dissemination cannot be over looked

immigrants have been culturally diverse and have spoken many languages. When the Pilgrims arrived in the New World, they did not know how to communicate with the natives. Through intense study the natives learned the Pilgrims’ language. Even with the common language they were still a melting pot of different culture. Some would say that America has gotten over the language/ cultural barriers and now almost everyone speaks the common language of English, but there are still many immigrants who do not

ongoing various languages. Nearly eighty percent of America speaks English (Kasperowicz). The other twenty percent of the population who do not speak English are mostly made up of immigrants. Because the United States has an incredibly large amount of diverse languages, it unfortunately does not have a national language. America’s national language should be English. When immigrants and travelers come into this country, they are aware that they will see and hear the English language, as it is unavoidable

Introduction     Many people have questioned why the United States does not have a national language, and more specifically, why English is not the national language. Among these people is Dennis Baron, who publishes his thoughts on this topic very often. One of his essays, considered a proposal, is titled “Don’t Make English Official - Ban It Instead” and discusses a new way of approaching English as the national language: banning English completely in America. Baron examines other opinions and their

Although the founding fathers decided to leave the idea of establishing a national language out of the Constitution, there have been several movements to establish English as the national language since then. Even though none of these movements could garnish enough support to make this into a reality, they have been influential in that English is the official language in 31 states. In recent years, five additional states have considered legislation that would mandate English as well (Schwarz 2014)

Make English The Official National Language? How can we communicate when we cannot speak English in the United States? The United States really needs to make English our official language. I hope someday that we will have English our official language. .There are too many languages to learn in the United States. We have people from all walks of life speaking different language. If we do not stand for something we will fall for anything. We are trying to adjust to language that we cannot understand

Pisin, one of the official national languages of Papua New Guinea, and Hawaiian Creole English have similar historical developments. However the two languages are used differently in school and in the church. Both languages are viewed differently by non speakers. Lastly both pidgin languages are currently having struggles keeping the language alive. A pidgin language creates a way of communication among groups of people who lack a common knowledge(Smith 2002). Pidgin languages are spoken as someone 's