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My name is Víctor, I'm from Oviedo,[br]I speak Asturian,

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which is a minoritized language[br]in the north of Spain.

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Asturian is currently[br]in a situation...

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in which it is not an official language,[br]and there are many people

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who are working for it[br]to be official in the future.

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As I've said, Asturian[br]is not an official language,

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it's only recognized[br]in article 4

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of our Statute of Autonomy,[br]where its protection is recognized.

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Later, in 1998,[br]a law was passed, which is known as

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'Law of use and promotion[br]of Bable/Asturian',

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which regulates a bit more[br]the use of our language

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and guarantees, in some way,[br]its presence in education

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and in the media,[br]for example.

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This is an insufficient law,[br]although it has been useful

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for [Asturian] to enter in the education system,[br]and there are more and more students

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who choose it as a subjetc.[br]But we do find

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some obstacles[br]in the system.

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I mean, from secondary education[br]and beyond, students do not choose

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Asturian because they don't see any utility,[br]they don't consider that language to be useful,

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and in the years before university[br]and then in the university,

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the presence of Asturian is[br]meagre, you know?

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As for the mass media,

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Asturias has a public TV,[br]the TPA, and when...

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it was created, it had only one[br]program in Asturian, and it was about...

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recording people from[br]different villages,

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and it was mainly centered[br]in orality,

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in the Asturian's linguistic[br]diversity.

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It didn't make it any easier for people[br]to consider Asturian as anunitarian language.

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What we as a society claim,

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-we who are worried and[br]alarmed...

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about the situation of the language-

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is that there are news and[br]sports broadcasts [in Asturian],

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at least. I mean, something that[br]people actively look for and, let's say,

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consolidates the variety[br]and strength of the language, right?

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The TPA as well,[br]from time to time,

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broadcasts some film[br]dubbed in Asturian...

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We're making progress little by little,[br]but what has been made so far

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is not enough.[br]I've personally been working since 2005

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for the defense of Asturian,[br]making it visible...

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from my humble position, the[br]situation of Asturian and also...

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little by little, with the aid of Internet,[br]with a blog, a personal blog...

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in which I wrote my opinions and uploaded some[br]some videos of demonstrations for Asturian...

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I was associated to various organizations.

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Afterwards, in 2006 I started[br]to work on the Asturian Wikipedia,

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because I thought it was essential[br]for Asturian to be present on the Internet,

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