Language policy

legal measures regarding the use of language

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture. It was a central idea of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationalism went hand in hand. In linguistics, Germanisation of non-German languages also occurs when they adopt many German words.

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right|thumb|A leaflet from the period of Fascist Italianization prohibiting singing or speaking in the "Slavic language" in the streets, public places and shops of Dignano (now Vodnjan, [[Croatia). Signed by the Squadristi (blackshirts), and threatening the use of "persuasive methods" in enforcement.]]

thumb|324x324px|Distribution of nationalities within the Kingdom of Hungary (without [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia) according to the Hungarian census in 1910. ]] Magyarization ( , also Hungarianization; ), after "Magyar"—the Hungarian autonym—was an assimilation or acculturation process by which non-Hungarian nationals living in the Kingdom of Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, adopted the Hungarian national identity and language in the period between the Compromise of 1867 and Austria-Hungary's dissolution in 1918. Magyarization occurred both voluntarily and as a result of soc

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1920s–1930s campaign to develop Latin alphabets for the languages of the Soviet Union

reform of spelling and punctuation of the German language

thumb|The empty plinth of a Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine|statue dedicated to Alexander Pushkin in Ternopil, Ukraine Derussification (or derussianization) is a process or public policy in different states of the former Russian Empire and the Soviet Union or certain parts of them, aimed at restoring national identity of indigenous peoples: their language, culture and historical memory, lost due to Russification. The term may also refer to the marginalization of the Russian language, culture and other attributes of the Russian-speaking society through the promotion of o

Turkish government-funded initiative

ban on Lithuanian language publications in Russia

Catalan language promotion organization

Belarusization () was a policy of protection and advancement of the Belarusian language and recruitment and promotion of Belarusian nationalists within the government of the Belarusian SSR (BSSR) and the Belarusian Communist Party, conducted by the government of the BSSR in the 1920s.

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overview of the legal recognition of sign languages by country

movement to promote the Maori language

socio-political issue concerning the Anglophone minority in Cameroon

initiative to promote the use of te reo Māori

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move from Latin scripts to Cyrillic

linguistic regulation in Slovakia