Minority Group Demands Language Recognition

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Hey, my beloved procrastinators! It's been a while since we had our last installment of ridiculously over-simplified and unbearably polarized hypothetical situations, inspired by the NationStates online game - you know, that place where you're the benevolent ruler of your own fictional state, which you're completely free to shape as you please, based on the stupid choices you make in situations like the below presented. Last time when we delved into the depths of True Democracy(tm), the bulk of you guys sided with Ms Golfswinkel, TV studio exec who insisted that the idea of government-mandated quotas and government prizes for stimulating a bigger representation of minorities on television was, well, a pile of cowshit, and the market should be let to sort out these matters like the good invisible benevolent demiurge that it is.

Now the issue is again related to minority rights, but with a little twist into a different, linguistic direction.

The Issue
A group several thousands strong hailing from a remote, isolated corner of Insert Country Name is staging a massive demonstration on the front steps of your capitol. They demand that their local dialect be recognized as an official language.

( The debate & a poll )