Per imporre una lingua, e conseguentemente una cultura, una politica, etc. non serve necessariamente bandire le lingue preesistenti, si può giocare su quello che definiamo qui 'imperialismo linguistico', con piccoli ostacoli e scelte che indeboliscono la lingua autoctona in favore della lingua colonizzatrice.
In questa puntata vediamo la situazione dell'arabo di Palestina, come è stata in passato, come è adesso, e come si pensa sarà in futuro (spoiler: brutta).

La sigla è stata prodotta da White Hot e fornita da https://freebeats.io

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

L’audio in arabo palestinese è tratto dal canale YouTube ILoveLanguages! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_STuBV4Dg&t=44s

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