Open AccessLes Langues de Polynésie Française et la Constitution: Liberté, Egalité, Identité
Author(s) -
Marc Debène
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v42i2.5131
Subject(s) - constitution , french , nothing , politics , humanities , political science , sociology , ethnology , law , art , philosophy , epistemology
The languages in use in French Polynesia alongside French are a matter of cultural and current political concern. For France it is a constitutional issue. Professor Debène provides the background to, and a close analysis of, the issue. Given the daily use of Tahitian languages with French in French Polynesia, one solution to these concerns is to do nothing. Another solution – the one here proposed – is to amend art 74 of the French Constitution to provide specifically for the use in overseas countries of both French and other languages. This would guarantee language freedom and well-organised local language education.