Monday, November 21, 2011

Language genocide

Kurt identified constraints on the Kurdish language with the “language genocide” concept in international literature and summarized the practices of this genocide as “completely or partially exterminate a language or a dialect and to prevent the language’s natural development”. Kurt defined the concept of “language genocide” as follows;
  • Obstructing the cultural development circumstances of a bilingual society with the aim of domination a single language.
  • Despite the demands of an ethnic group with a different language, Not granting the right to the use of this language in mass communication instruments and to teach this language at public schools.
  • Despite the demands of an ethnic group with a different language, refusing to give a moral and material support to the cultural works and efforts this group practices to keep their language alive.