Speaking in tongues How does a country where there are over 700 languages and dialects, such as Indonesia for example, go about choosing just one language as its national tongue? Needless to say the prospect presents a number of challenges. A new collection of essays from the Singapore-based Institute of South-East Asian Studies (ISEAS) reviews the region's struggles to build monolingual nations. Several themes emerge: first, globalisation is forcing governments to ... Read full entry
Speaking in tongues
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 14 February, 2008 to the comment subset
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