Rationale Lacking In Push To Recognise English As Official Language.
Rationale Lacking In Push To Recognise English As Official Language. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐.๐. ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐ข๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Bruce Alpine . T he U.S. and Aotearoa New Zealand have both recently legislated, or initiated legislation, to establish English as an official language. In their 2023 coalition agreement, Aotearoa New Zealand’s governing National Party and coalition partner NZ First explicitly committed to legislating English as an official language. NZ First leader Winston Peters drove the policy, and the English Language Bill has now passed its first reading in Parliament. This is despite officials and linguists warning it will deliver “no practical changes.” At the same time, te reo Mฤori and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) genuinely face risk. New Zealand is making English an official langu...
