Countries have different kinds of language legislation and "national language" means different things in different countries, and some countries don't have such a legal status at all. It is also a term that has somewhat nationalist connotations as it is often used to define the idealised dominant nation of a country.
Therefore demanding that sign language is recognised as a "national language" would in some countries mean creating an unnecessary legal category and in others it would mean that it got a strong symbolic status that wouldn't really reflect the needs of the language community itself. "An official language" by itself has the same practical meaning but is a less loaded term and leaves more flexibility to account for the different legal frameworks in different countries.
Political Platform: | FYEG Political Platform - Introduction + A Diverse and Feminist Europe |
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Proposer: | Finnish Young Greens |
Status: | Accepted |
Submitted: | 05/21/2021, 16:27 |