Editing Gallo language (section)

== Decline of Gallo ==
Historically, France has been a nation with a high degree of linguistic diversity matched with relative tolerance, that is until the [[French Revolution]].<ref name=":0" /> Gallo's status as a tolerated regional language of France suffered as a direct consequence of the Revolution. During this time, the [[Jacobins]] viewed regional languages as a way in which the structural inequalities of France were perpetuated.<ref name=":0" /> Accordingly, they sought to eradicate the regional languages to free their speakers of unconstitutional inequalities.

Under the [[Third French Republic|Third Republic]], public education became universal and mandatory in France, and was conducted exclusively in French; students who spoke other languages were punished. Well into the 20th century, government policy focused exclusively on French. In 1962, [[Charles de Gaulle]] established the ''Haut Comité pour la défense et l'expansion de la langue française''; this committee's purpose was to enforce the use of French, to the detriment of minority languages.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |last=Radford |first=Gavin |title=French language law: The attempted ruination of France's linguistic diversity |date=2015-03-04 |url=http://trinitycollegelawreview.org/french-language-law-the-attempted-ruination-of-frances-linguistic-diversity/ |work=Trinity College Law Review (TCLR) online |language=en-GB |access-date=2016-11-07}}</ref> Furthermore, in 1994, the [[Loi Toubon]] declared that any governmental publications and advertisements must be in French.<ref name=":1" /> Gallo did not gain national recognition until the [[Constitution of France]] was amended in 2008. Article 75-1 asserts that "regional languages are part of the French heritage". Moreover, Gallo is the only langue d'oïl to be recognized as a regional language by the [[French Ministry of Education]]. Nevertheless, like all of the other regional languages of France, the use of Gallo has declined since the 19th century.

Similar to speakers of other regional languages, Gallo speakers began to perceive French as the language of intellectuals and social promotion, and Gallo as an impediment to their success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/676254/filename/article_marges_linguistiques_enseignement_du_gallo.pdf|title=Le Gallo dans l'enseignement, l'enseignement du gallo|last=Hervé|first=Gildas d'|publisher=Marges linguistiques|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> As a result, the rate of children learning the language has diminished, since parents struggle to see the benefit of Gallo in their children's future.