This was exactly my point. That it is a sensitive topic. And it may be
unclear to people who live in a national state with a single official
language.
That is why I provided the texts of articles, to illustrate that there
is a multi-language historical equilibrium reflected it the official
documents.
Best regards,
Oleksiy
On 10.05.18 11:35, Marc Gemis wrote:
Don't you think that Belgians like Jo and the rest of the Belgian
community know best what the default language is in a certain area ?
This can be a pretty sensitive topic, which is not always easy to
understand by outsiders. So please let the Belgian community decide
the default language without pointing us to our constitution.
regards
m. (from Belgium)
p.s. Besides those areas you mention we also have Municipalities with
facilities [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_with_language_facilities
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Oleksiy Muzalyev
<oleksiy.muzal...@bluewin.ch> wrote:
On 09.05.18 07:46, Jo wrote:
The whole country has 3 official languages. In the north nl is the
official language, in the south fr. And a small area in the east is de.
Brussels is officially bilingual. Hence all names there will be a
combination of fr - nl.
Normally I would expect Belgium to not have default_language set. You may
have to keep a list of countries where it only makes sense to look at the
next smaller geographic regions.
I expect the same goes for Switzerland (whole country 3-4 official
languages, but at the next geographic level it is clear which language is
spoken/official for which region).
I think in most multilingual countries the regions are not so clearly
defined.
Jo
Hello Jo and Yuri,
Here is the text of the article 4 of the Belgian constitution [1]
"Article 4
Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the
French-
speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the
German-speaking region.
Each municipality of the Kingdom forms part of one of these linguistic
regions."
In the Swiss constitution [2] it is stated directly that there are four
national languages. It is also the article 4:
"Art. 4 National languages
The National Languages are German, French, Italian, and Romansh."
It is not a light question, - which language is the default one for these
countries. In my opinion, following these official texts is the best
solution.
[1]
https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/publications/constitution/GrondwetUK.pdf
[2]
https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html#a4
Best regards,
Oleksiy
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