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== "In the galaxy of languages, each person's voice is a star" ==
The motto of the Observatoire linguistique dates from 1990—in French: ''Dans la galaxie des langues, la voix de chaque personne est une étoile'' (translated into English as above).

The Observatoire adopted these words as its guiding philosophy on the occasion of the first series of debates organised by the Observatoire linguistique in 1990–1991, at [[Fleury-sur-Andelle]] in Haute-Normandie, at [[Maillane]] in Provence and at [[Huy]] in Wallonie, sponsored by each of the relevant regions, on the subject of ''Nos langues et l'unité de l'Europe'' ("Our languages and the unity of Europe"). The guest of honour at the first of these debates was [[André Martinet]] (1908–1999), doyen of trans-Atlantic linguistics.

From the year 2000 [[UNESCO]] adopted and adapted the Observatoire's motto in the form: "In the galaxy of languages, each word is a star".{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}