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Not exactly. I got (and renewed) the Swiss permit with zero knowledge of any official language. However, my wife had to present the basic certificate or my prom
by nvch 7mo ago
Not exactly. I got (and renewed) the Swiss permit with zero knowledge of any official language. However, my wife had to present the basic certificate or my promise that she would learn the language.
- mothballed 7mo agoJapan, ~like the US~, has no official language. (edit: ~strike~)
- esseph 7mo ago> Japan, like the US, has no official language. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-united-states/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/desi...
- crooked-v 7mo agoPOTUS doesn't have the power to set an official language.
- esseph 7mo agoIt's not the Department of War, either. Still says that everywhere.
- Starman_Jones 7mo agoTalk is cheap.
- corndoge 7mo agoActually they are following through, check the news
- red-iron-pine 7mo agothe US Dept of War is doing far more than just talk tho. see also: half of the middle east on fire.
- UltraSane 7mo agoLegal documents, contracts, and court filings must continue to use Department of Defense because legally the Department of War doesn't exist.
- throwawaypath 7mo agoWhy not? Maybe they do?
- hogehoge51 7mo agoJapan also tends to leave many contextual and obvious things unstated, and relies on group concensus and information exchange between in group peers over top down authority, so may consider the ultimate group concensus, language, not needing to be codified. Although i do wonder what my son's 国語 text books teach if Japanese is not the official 国語.