Multilinguismo e direitos linguísticos: a cooficialização e a patrimonialização como formas de reconhecimento de línguas minorizadas

Abstract

The process of administrative deconcentration that has been in place since the 1988 Constitution has triggered language policies of cooficialization and patrimonialization of minority languages, generating gloto-political actions in multi-lingual contexts, especially in relation to indigenous languages and immigration languages. In this article, based on a bibliographic and documentary approach, we analyze some municipal, state, and federal educational legislative documents in order to understand the action of different glopolitical actors. Our analysis is based on the concepts of Linguistic Policies, Public Policies and Linguistic Rights. Contextualizing our reflection in the process of redefining the role of the Union and the federative entities, we perceive the policies of cooficialization and patrimonialization of minority languages as an indication of regional autonomy. However, the results also show the need for real democratic planning to attend these minority languages.