“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.” Can you think of examples in history where a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?

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Linguistic Imperialism : The forceful imposition of a language by a community on the other.

Some examples of linguistic imperialism are:

A. Imposition of English in India during colonisation by Britain.

B. Arabization in North Africa (imposition of Islam and so, imposition of muslim languages)

C. Imposition of Chinese in Tibet

D. Imposition of French in Britain (Francization)

E. Imposition of Hindi in South India

“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”Can you think of examples in history where a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?

“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”
Can you think of examples in history where a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?