Minority language broadcasting
Minority language broadcasting comprises radio and television programmes for both national (including indigenous) and foreign minorities in their respective languages.
Under treaties like the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (Art. 11 and 7(1)d) states are obliged to encourage broadcasting in national minorities' languages.
Some examples:
Country |
Broadcaster |
Languages |
Website
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Australia |
Special Broadcasting Service |
alb, amh, ara, arm, aii, ben, bos, bul, bur, cmn, yue, hak, hrv, cze, prs, din, dut, est, fil, fin, fre, ger, gre, guj, heb, hin, hmn, hun, ind, ita, jpn, kar, khm, run, kor, kur, lao, mac, mal, mlt, mon, nep, pus, per, pol, por, pan, rhg, rum, rus, smo, srb, sin, slo, slv, som, spa, swa, tam, tel, tha, tib, tir, tur, ukr, urd, vie, yid |
SBS
|
Yolŋu Radio |
Yolŋu |
Yolŋu Radio
|
Austria |
ORF Kärnten, Steiermark; R. Agora |
Slovene |
ORF, Radio Agora
|
ORF Burgenland, Wien |
Croatian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Romani |
ORF
|
Canada |
CFYK Yellowknife |
Chipewyan, Dogrib, South Slavey |
CBC North
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CHAK Inuvik |
Gwich’in, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey
|
CFFB Nunavut |
Inuktitut
|
CBFG Chisasibi |
Cree
|
China (see also Ethnic broadcasting in China) |
CNR |
Kazakh, Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur |
radio.cn
|
NMTV |
Mongolian ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ |
nmtv.cn
|
XJBS/XJTV |
Uyghur (ئۇيغۇرچە), Kazakh (قازاقشا), Kyrgyz (قىرعىزچا), Mongolian, Tibetan |
xjbs.com.cn, xjtvs.com.cn
|
Voice of Tibet |
Tibetan (བོད་) |
vtibet.com
|
YNR |
Tai Lü, Tai Nüa, Jingpo, Lahu, Lisu |
ynradio.com
|
YBTV |
Korean (조선어) |
iybtv.com
|
Germany |
MDR/RBB |
Sorbian |
MDR, RBB
|
WDR Cosmo |
Arabic, Greek, Italian, Kurdish, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Turkish |
WDR
|
Hungary |
Nemzetiségi |
Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Polish, Romani, Romanian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Ukrainian |
mediaklikk.hu
|
India (non-scheduled languages) |
AIR Jaipur |
Rajasthani (राजस्थानी) |
newsonair.com
|
AIR Gorakhpur |
Bhojpuri (भोजपुरी)
|
AIR Srinagar |
Pahari (पहाड़ी)
|
AIR Jammu |
Gojri (گوجری)
|
AIR Leh |
Ladakhi (ལ་དྭགས་)
|
AIR Raipur |
Chhattisgarhi (छत्तीसगढ़ी)
|
AIR Sambalpur |
Sambalpuri (ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ)
|
AIR Gangtok |
Bhutia (འབྲས་ལྗོངས་), Lepcha (ᰛᰩᰵ)
|
AIR Guwahati |
Karbi
|
AIR Shillong |
Khasi (খাশি)
|
AIR Kohima |
Nagamese
|
AIR Agartala |
Kokborok (ককবরক)
|
AIR Aizawl |
Mizo
|
Israel |
IPBC Makan 33 |
Arabic |
Makan
|
IPBC Reka |
English, French, Yiddish, Ladino, Spanish, Russian, Georgian, Bukhori, Amharic (Formerly also Judeo-Moroccan, Romanian, Hungarian, Persian, Tigrinya, Aramaic) |
Reka
|
IPBC VoisFarsi [He] |
Persian |
VoisFarsi
|
Italy |
Radio Onde Furlane |
Friulian |
https://radioondefurlane.eu/
|
Russia |
GTRK Karelia |
Finnish, Karelian, Veps |
Viestit
|
GTRK Komi Gor |
Komi |
komigor.com
|
GTRK Mari El |
Mari, Tatar |
Этно ТВ
|
GTRK Mordovia |
Erzya, Moksha |
Национальное вещание
|
GTRK Udmurtia |
Udmurt |
Иворъёс
|
GTRK Buryatia |
Buryat |
bgtrk.ru
|
GTRK Kalmykia |
Kalmyk |
хальмг келн
|
GTRK Sakha |
Yakut |
gtrksakha.ru
|
GTRK Altai |
Altai |
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GTRK Khakassia |
Khakas |
Хабарлар
|
GTRK Tuva |
Tuvan |
Медээлер Тыва черде
|
GTRK Bashkortostan |
Bashkir |
Хәбәрҙәр
|
GTRK Tatarstan |
Tatar |
Яңалыклар
|
GTRK Chuvashia |
Chuvash |
Вести Чӑваш ен
|
GTRK Krym |
Crimean Tatar |
1tvcrimea.ru
|
GTRK Dagestan |
Avar, Aghul, Chechen, Dargin, Lak, Lezgian, Rutul, Tabasaran, Tsakhur; Azerbaijani, Kumyk, Nogai; Tat |
Национальное вещание
|
GTRK Kabardino-Balkaria |
Kabardino-Cherkess; Karachay-Balkar |
Жангылыкъла, ХъыбарыщIэхэр
|
GTRK Karachay-Cherkessia |
Abaza, Kabardino-Cherkess; Karachay-Balkar, Nogai |
Ахабарква, Къэхъукъащӏэхэр; Жангылыкъла, Сонъгы Хабарлар
|
GTRK Adygea |
Adyghe |
Къэбархэр
|
GTRK Ingushetia |
Ingush |
Хоамаш
|
GTRK Vainakh |
Chechen |
Хаамаш
|
GTRK Alania |
Ossetian |
Хабæрттæ
|
United Kingdom |
BBC Cymru Wales, S4C |
Welsh |
Radio Cymru, S4C
|
BBC Scotland |
Scottish Gaelic |
Radio nan Gàidheal, BBC Alba
|
BBC Radio Cornwall |
Cornish |
An Nowodhow
|
Manx Radio |
Manx Gaelic |
Manx Radio
|
BBC Radio Jersey |
Jèrriais |
La Lettre Jerriaise
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