Ara Balears in English - language policy

This is honey! and 34 more Balearic expressions that you can now download and send via WhatsApp

ARA Balears — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:27:57 +0000

The most popular expressions from the Balearic Islands now have a version for WhatsApp. 'Això és mel!', 'Bona nit, caragol!', 'Tanmateix' or 'Més pesat que un sac de martells' are part of the collection of 35 illustrated stickers that the Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics (IEB) has presented and that can be downloaded for free.

Three language policies

Miquel Àngel Maria — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:15:28 +0000

At a time when no territory in the Països Catalans has a sovereignist government, or at least one with sovereignist participation, what is the outlook for their respective language policies?

Do we save the language or pretend we are trying?

Joan Pau Jordà — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:15:32 +0000

A few days ago I received an interview published in the newspaper Berria starring Irish sociolinguist Conchúr Ó Giollagáin. The name may sound unfamiliar, but the man is no amateur: born in Dublin in 1966, he's a professor of Gaelic research at the University of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, a veteran of minority language studies. In short, he knows what he's talking about.