March 5
1990: Withdrawal in Bulgaria of laws aimed at the linguistic discrimination of the Turkish-speaking minority.
1996:
Today’s New Zealand census is the first ever to include a question on
language. It turns out that 95% of the population are Anglophones, and
that they constitute one of the least multilingual populations in the
world.
2001: The state of New York adopts English as its official language.
2006:
The final in this year’s African Championship in French Orthography (La
Dictée d’Afrique) takes place in Benin. Among the twelve teams is one
from officially Anglophone Nigeria.
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