"evropuli qartia saqarTvelo "European Charter for Regional or ...

3. a language of a non-historical minority – a language of diasporas and
migrants:
3.1. a language of compactly living old migrants who hold citizenship
of a state (a language of diaspora);
3.2. a language of non-compactly settled old migrants who hold citizenship
of a state (a language of diaspora);
3.3. a language of new migrants without citizenship.
2.1.3. The Aim of the "European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages": Protecting Native Languages of Historical
Minorities
As it is stated in the Preamble of the Charter, "the protection of
the historical regional or minority languages of Europe, some of which
are in danger of eventual extinction, contributes to the maintenance and
development of Europe's cultural wealth and traditions".
The first paragraph of the Explanatory Report states that "Many
European countries have on their territory regionally based autochthonous
groups 344 speaking a language other than that of the majority of the
population. This is a consequence of historical processes whereby the
formation of states has not taken place on purely language-related lines
and small communities have been engulfed by larger ones 345
."
The nature of the principal goal of the Charter is culturalhumanitarian.
It has an objective to protect and contribute to the maintenance
and development of regional or minority languages as an integral
part of the common European cultural heritage… It aims to ensure the use
of regional or minority languages in the system of education and mass
media to the extent possible; to promote the creation of literature and literary
culture in these languages, to ensure their used in the activities of le-
344 Also, cf. the following phrase: "to promote languages of a regional or minority nature"
(explanation 28): cf., translation: to promote languages of a regional or minority
nature”.
345 http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/textcharter/Charter/Charterexpl_ka.pdf
(the very version can be found on the website of the Council of Europe under the
ECRML):
(http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/textcharter/default_en.asp);
Cf. the English version: http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/Reports/Html/148.htm.
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