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GermanyGeneral Country Report

• Languages
• 1 official language
• German
• 4 languages of minorities in Germany
• Low German,
• Frisian,
• Danish,
• Sorbian
• VwVfG (Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz 23 Abs.1)
• Europäische Charta der Regional und
  Minderheitensprachen

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Needs of being and thinking multilingual

• (1) Self-presentation
• Big institutions
• State Museums, Libraries, Universities
• German, English, French,
• International public (tourists)

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Examples big players

• Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik
  Deutschland, Bonn
• DT, EN 50

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Examples big players

• Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
• - 10 Languages
• German
• English
• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• Danish
• Swedish
• Polish,
• Czech
• Russian

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Examples big players

• Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
• German,
• English (30- 40 )
• Russian (5 10)
• Polish (5 10)

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Examples big players

• Library Consortia
• web portals of Library Networks,
• consortia of federal states (Länder) of Germany
• Expl. Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog GBV web
  portal of the Common Library Network of 7 German
  States (Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
  Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein
  und Thüringen) Russian (5 10)
• German
• English (general information)

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Examples big players

• Secret Central Archives (Geheimes Staatsarchiv
  Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
• German,
• English (general info)
• Polish (general info)

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Needs of being and thinking multilingual

• (2) Protection of minority rights of officially
  recognised language minorities
• in bi-lingual regions
• Danish (Schleswig-Holstein),
• Sorbian (Brandenburg und Sachsen)
• Frisian (Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein)

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Examples Language Minorities

• DK- Forum
• Internet Platform for the German Minority in
  Denmark and for the Danish Minority in Germany
• German (100 )
• Danish (100 )

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Examples Language Minorities

• Federal Parlament of Schleswig Holstein
  (Landtag)
• - German (100 )
• Danish (100 )
• Frisian (80 ?)
• English (30)

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Needs of being and thinking multilingual

• (3) Cultural Heritage and Cultural Exchange
• in regions near a (language) border
• common cultural or political history (in
  bi-lingual regions)
• Poland
• France
• Italian
• Czech republic

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Examples Language and Cultural Exchange

• Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt Oder
• clear German-Polish focus
• multi-lingual study-courses
• German
• Polish
• English
• French
• Russian

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Examples Language and Cultural Exchange

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer
• Network of state and federal institutions of
  Regions belonging to the Alps
• Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy
• cultural exchange
• promotion of the Alps-region

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Needs of being and thinking multilingual

• (4) Scientific Exchange
• international research institutions,
• often with branches also outside Germany
• Max-Plank-Institut (advancement of science, 80
  branches, bi-lingual)
• Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München
  Florenz Bibliotheca Herziana, Rom
• Deutsches Archälogisches Institut (
• Deutsches Historisches Institut (Berlin, Paris,
  Rom, Kairo, Washington D.C., London)

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Example Scientific Exchange

• Deutsches Historisches Institut
• Branches in Berlin, Paris, Warsaw , Rome.
• Bi-lingual-Sites
• German-French, German-Polish, etc.

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Needs of being and thinking multilingual

• (5) Cultural Exchange
• cultural institutions with cultural exchange as
  Mission Statement
• Goethe Institut Internationes
• Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (artistic
  exchange)
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

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Example Cultural Exchange

• DAAD
• Change by Exchange
• scientific, language, staff Exchange
• branches all over world
• info in 24 languages

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Needs of being and thinking multilingual

• Summary The areas where multilingualism has
  been detected
• self-presentation
• protection of minorities (languages)
• cultural heritage (border-regions)
• support for a region (tourism)
• scientific community / scientific exchange
• cultural exchange

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the survey not yet results, but some questions

• Summary
• What is meant with an Ontology ?
• Is a simple vocabulary or value-list this-gt
• Do you really mean a multilingual thesaurus ?
• Is a thesaurus only of interest, if the other
  information on the page is multi-lingual ?
• What is which thesauri which are provided by
  commercial companies ?
• What reports the percentage indication ?

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• Thank you !