The Complexity of Regions II (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards

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Changes in the boundaries and extent of language regions
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Berlin Wall fell (year)

1989

USSR & Yugoslavia dissolution year

1991

New European nations created since 1989

22

Baltic States (name 3)

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Languages reasserted in Baltic States

Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian

Language that replaced Serbo-Croatian in Croatia

Croatian

Czechoslovakia split year

1993

Two nations from Czechoslovakia split

Czech Republic and Slovakia

Crimea annexation year & by whom

2014 by Russia

Great Famine dates

1845-1852

Main Gaeltacht areas (4 regions)

Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Kerry

Daily Irish speakers (approx.)

66,000 people

Údarás na Gaeltachta purpose

Supports economic & cultural development in Gaeltacht

TG4

Irish-language television station

EU official languages total

24

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