Drastic step of a community in Tuscany: it now prohibits English words in official communication. The reason: people want to defend the weaker part of the population, such as older fellow citizens, and also defend the Italian language.
In particular, the municipality of Castiglion Fiorentino of the English language announced the fight. “We want to defend citizens’ rights to retain any form of communication and information on the part of public administration in Italian,” emphasized the mayor Mario Agnelli, who belongs to the right -wing government party Lega.
“Identity of the nation”
“English words have now entered the general language and unfortunately their abuse sometimes hinders the right communication, especially for the weaker parts of the population, such as the elderly,” the mayor emphasized. The protection of the Italian language is important for the “identity of the nation”. And further: to defend the Italian language, culture, to defend history.
Agnelli’s initiative activates applause by Paolo d’Achille, president of the language company “Accademia della Crusca” founded in the 16th century, whose task still “studies and preserving the Italian language”. “It is important that the words are understood by everyone, especially by older people. That is why initiatives that protect our language are welcome, “said D’Acille.
The Italian language has its roots in Tuscany. The famous poet Dante Alighieri played a central role in the 13th century to make the Tuscan dialects, which he used in his works, a basis for modern Italian language. Due to the influence of Dante, the Tuscan language settled as a literary language and dominated because of the clear and elegant style in other regions of Italy.
German as a “research language”
Also in Austria it is heard in a hot debate about language – for example in the negotiating group on education and research. As reported, there should have been the proposal of freedom that research will only be written in German and not in English in the future.
Source: Krone
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