Do lesser used languages need a common European language policy?
Prof. Nelde explained the importance of a new overall and inclusive approach, taking into consideration not only traditional languages but migrant languages as well. The first problem language planners encounter is that the terminology changes from a country to another. Nevertheless, it is certain, that the future Europe will be a linguistically diverse and a multilingual one. He mentioned seven aspects that affect language policy. The concept for multilingualism is important. The future of Europe will be a multilingual one. Its easy to tell how many official languages there are but more difficult to estimate the number of lesser-used language speakers. Translation and Interpretation, Nelde mentioned that translation and interpretation costs are very low in comparison with other expenses. Globalisation, he said that people are generally afraid of loosing their roots, even though most are open to globalisation. Due to globalisation we have new identities. Before you had Greeks, Germans,
