You are warmly invited to the workshop “Some peculiarities of learning a minority language: the case of Galician” by Pedro Basalo Bembibre (University of Salamanca)!
The workshop offers an insight into the Galician language, Galician culture and political issues surrounding Galician as a minority language. Galician is spoken by approximately 2 to 3 million speakers in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in north-western Spain (you will find out why the figures vary so much during the talk), with most speakers today being bilingual in Spanish and Galician. Galician is closely related to Portuguese (the origins of both languages lie in the Galician of the early Middle Ages), but has been strongly influenced by Spanish. In response to the social stigmatisation of Galician in past centuries – including political sanctions and official repression – initiatives to revitalise Galician are now taking place.
The workshop, entitled “Some peculiarities of learning a minority language: the case of Galician” by Pedro Basalo Bembibre, is aimed at students of Spanish and Portuguese and at a general interested audience. No prior knowledge of Galician is required, as the workshop is specifically designed for participants with knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese.
The event is organised by Stefan Koch and Katharina Gerhalter as part of the ARQUS Bottom-Up Initiative “Beyond majority languages: research dissemination and teaching promotion of minority and minoritised languages in Europe”.