1.0Eurominority.euhttps://www.eurominority.eurich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YzoLvd2XxC"><a href="https://www.eurominority.eu/index.php/en/european-languages/">European languages</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.eurominority.eu/index.php/en/european-languages/embed/#?secret=YzoLvd2XxC" width="600" height="338" title="« European languages » — Eurominority.eu" data-secret="YzoLvd2XxC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> People often forge their specificity from the languages spoken in their territory. However, this is not the only element of their identity. Thus, Europe has over two hundred languages and language varieties that are practised today. However, the European Union acknowledges only twenty-three of these while the states which comprise it often concentrate on only a single language, granting some rights to other languages to a degree. Indeed, language discrimination is a major issue in recent years. The Europeans speak languages of all origins, the most represented groups being Germanic, Romance and Slavic. These are Indo-European languages, i.e. with common characteristics in linguistic terms (original vocabulary, syntax, grammatical traits etc.), although they are sometimes difficult to detect. Other Indo-European language groups are made up of Celtic and Baltic languages. Other groups exist in Europe, notably the Finno-Ugric language (Hungarian and Finnish are the two most spoken in the group). Similarly, a few isolated languages are also present on the continent. Thus, the Turko-Altaic languages are used in a few regions of Eastern Europe. Finally, the Basque region, whose origin will be discussed, closes this simplified table on the diversity of European languages. State-nations have used linguistic assimilation as a means ... +