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Bridging the Gap: The Development of Appropriate Educational Strategies for Minority Language Communities in the Philippines
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Dekker, Diane; Young, Catherine – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
There are more than 6000 languages spoken by the 6 billion people in the world today--however, those languages are not evenly divided among the world's population--over 90% of people globally speak only about 300 majority languages--the remaining 5700 languages being termed "minority languages". These languages represent the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Language Minorities, Language Planning, Elementary Education