How legislation can strengthen a minority language</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="How legislation can strengthen a minority language"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="How,legislation,can,strengthen,a,minority,language"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">22-01-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>How legislation can strengthen a minority language</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Ottawa, Canada (Canada): Nunavut is in the process of writing its own official languages act, one that could give the Inuit language - which includes its regional dialects - equal status with English and French. And that could have huge implications for the people and government in the northern territory. Though its draft versions are less radical than Bill 101, many Inuit are looking to Quebec's strict language laws as an example of how legislation can strengthen a minority language. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=dc1439a0-da5e-403f-ac94-e45a18a4d804&k=86097 " target="blank">www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=dc1439a0-da5e-403f-ac94-e45a18a4d804&k=86097 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show