Sentences with phrase «as official language»

Until Quebec becomes fully bilingual and accepts English as an official language, they have no right to chastise any issue regarding language use in Canada.

The Charter is the legal document that sets French as the official language of the Canadian province of Quebec.

Charter of the French Language (Provincial)-- establishes French as the official language of Quebec and prescribes the manner in which the French language is to be used in commerce and business, inter alia.

Spencer also responded to the question of introducing the new English speaking Cortana feature on Xbox One to countries that don't have English as their official language.

With a stable, peaceful democratic government and English as its official language, families can enjoy the time of their lives in Belize as they explore ancient lost cities, see wildlife up close and in person, splash in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean and enjoy plenty of fun in the sun.

Belize stands as the only Central American country with English as its official language though many Belizeans also speak Spanish, Creole, Garifuna, German and Maya.

With English as the official language, many visitors from abroad converse easily with local guides.

Belize is the only country in Central America without a pacific coastline and also the only one with English as its official language.

Belize, the only nation in Central America where English is recognized as the official language, shares its western and northern boarders with Spanish - speaking countries Guatemala and Mexico, respectively.

English, German, and French are spoken at most places around Cala»n Porter, as well as the official language of Spanish, of course.

With English as the official language and American dollars accepted everywhere, it's easy to feel right at home in Belize.

It is the only country in Central America with English as the official language.

Add to this the fact that Belize is the only Central American country with English as its official language, and you have a surefire vacation winner.

A country with English as the official language and GDP per capita second only to Japan.

As part of a 1999 update to IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), Congress finally recognized American Sign Language (ASL) as an official language of the deaf student community.

This time, the winner came from Austria, notable because the country had never taken home the award before (and had been previously nominated only once) and also because Austria is Germany's next - door neighbor, having been among the first to fold into the Third Reich, and has German as its official language.

For Anglophones like me, the convenient solution is to impose English as the official language of science.

I strived my best to solve this problem, such as reinstalling Windows into an English version (reading), updating English status in my blogs (writing), attending lectures that are using English as the official language (listening).

Circumstance does not transform an upstate congresswoman, who once boasted of keeping guns under her bed and pushed English as the official language of the United States, into an avatar of progressivism in 2017.

Whether to designate a certain language as an official language is not a federal issue, but a state issue.

Pushing Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to recognize Russian as an official language could be seen as either legitimizing the Soviet Union's colonization of these countries, and / or legitimizing potential future claims by Russia to parts (or all) of the territory of these countries.

It wasn't legal to use Hungarian as official language etc..

@Rurik — Sweden does not seem to have any desire to annex Finland, so it makes no difference to Finland whether it recognizes Swedish as an official language.

Egypt speak French as official language in addition to their mother tongue — Arabic.

-1384), who produced the first English Bible (in 1382, not keeping it in Latin as the official language of the church), was condemned by Pope Gregory XI, issuing five edicts against him.

Not exact matches

The talks so far have largely focused on the three countries proposing their preferred language for less controversial areas, such as digital and cross-border services trade, according to government officials and industry representatives briefed.

Intelligence officials told Reuters that experts will closely watch the inter-Korean summit and analyze what Kim says as well as his body language.

Business Insider used IIE's research to find the top 20 countries and then researched the basics of what they need to know before moving there: official language, currency, and exchange rate (as of early August).

The official archives of The Coca - Cola Company that includes exhibits such as the original stock certificates of forbearer Pemberton Chemical Company, an opportunity to sample 100 drinks from the beverage giant's portfolio of brands from around the world, a retail store, an advertising archive, a miniature bottling plant that allows you to see the process of turning the syrup into the finished product, an advertising theater with commercials from the past century in multiple languages around the world, and more.

That, in light of $ 3.1 billion of missing funds outlined in Chapter Eight of the 2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada, an order of the House do issue for the following documents from 2001 to the present, allowing for redaction based on national security: (a) all Public Security and Anti-Terrorism annual reports submitted to the Treasury Board Secretariat; (b) all Treasury Board submissions made as part of the Initiative; (c) all departmental evaluations of the Initiative; (d) the Treasury Board corporate database established to monitor funding; that these records be provided to the House in both official languages by June 17, 2013; that the Speaker make arrangements for these records to be made available online; and that the Auditor - General be given all necessary resources to perform an in - depth forensic audit until the missing $ 3.1 billion is found and accounted for.

Ecumenical councils used Greek as the working language; then they made an official translation into Latin for use in the West.

If I were to guess — and that is all any outsider can do at this point — I would say that the language of intrinsic value still in the Charter, granting nature some immunity from human need, language which, as noted, the Earth Charter Commission regards as essential and nonnegotiable, will prove the final stumbling block to official acceptance.

from both Britain and the Continent have often failed to become involved in the discussion, even misconstruing its significance because of their radically altered historical context.5 In a recent article on evangelical identity, Gerald Sheppard goes so far as to claim that «inerrancy» is for American evangelicals «the official language of social identification, over against other so - called «nonevangelical» institutions.»

While the report contained (as a nod to official, if aging, EU policy) a single, laconic line stating that «in no case must abortion be promoted as a family planning method,» (Item 31) it is hard to square this with the predominant language.

Although I am not too sure what the difference between the serbs and croats were in the Bosinan wars if it was not orthodox v Catholicism as I am not sure how else a divide between the people could be formed (the official croatian language is almost identical to the Serbian language (with a few exceptions) and the culture seems quite similar).

Overlooked has been the fact that even as a young professor and monk, Luther, discussing the Devil at length for the first time, did not hesitate to use explicitly scatological language — and at a highly official affair at that.

A flagrant foul will be defined as a foul that may or may not involve physical contact, but involves such acts as fighting, contacting a game official, fouls so severe as to place an opponent at risk, persistent or extreme abusive conduct and the use of vulgar language or gestures.

As the official Groundhog of the Commonwealth, her body - language prognostication was clear: six more weeks of winter.

«She was FOR making English the official language in the House, AGAINST making English the official language as a Senator.»

India has English language as 2nd official despite British rule in 19 - 20 centuries.

But the UK has always included within it some official allowances for national diversity, such as different arrangements for religion and language, and multiple legal systems.

Finland has Swedish language as 2nd official with only 5.3 % of population and despite 600 years of Swedish rule.

Other countries, such as the UK, have no official language, but, of course, the UK uses English for communications with the EU.

«For Mr. Paladino, I'm going to call his name, to use such hateful language against anyone is a detriment to our community and as an elected official he should know better,» Grant said.

Lawmakers and administration officials have cited the complexity of the criminal justice matters being proposed, saying more time is needed to parse through language (lawmakers and Cuomo may be wary of again taking up a complex issue so quickly following the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act had to be amended to exclude police officers from the measure).

However, an administrative official said Sen. Andrew Lanza, a Staten Island Republican, met with the governor as the comptroller - only language was drafted.

The comments of the MP, who is notorious for inflammatory language, has attracted the anger of government officials such as Gender and Social Protection Minister, Nana Oye Lithur and Foreign Affairs Minister Hannah Tetteh, who have called on the MP to retract and apologise.

The UK as a whole does not have an official language, though I think that the devolved Scottish and Welsh governments have made statements that recognize English plus Scots Gaelic and Welsh respectively as joint official languages.)

A senior MEP has said English would be dropped as an EU official language once the UK leaves the bloc, unless rules are changed.

As officials prepare to administer the English language arts exams this week to students in grades 3 through 8, some are expecting similar refusal numbers this year.