Abstract
Efforts at protecting and revitalizing minority languages are a worldwide phenomenon supported by state, regional or local authorities and by numerous NGOs. Many of these languages are severely endangered (Moseley, 2009) and efforts are usually too weak to be successful in safeguarding a sustainable future for minority languages. In Europe, indige nous minority language groups try to develop ways to revive their languages. Official language policy plays an important role and the Basque language is no exception.
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Gorter, D., Aiestaran, J., Cenoz, J. (2012). The Revitalization of Basque and the Linguistic Landscape of Donostia-San Sebastián. In: Gorter, D., Marten, H.F., Van Mensel, L. (eds) Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230360235_9
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