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Whether arising through conquest and colonization, immigration, enslavement, or the creation of a political state that ignores “natural” ethnic territories, linguistic minorities have existed at least since the dawn of history. Where there exist linguistic minorities, there also exist language conflicts and issues related to the rights of those minorities to use their languages freely and without prejudice.

In the 21st century, these ethnic and linguistic factors play an increasingly important role. These factors — including the number of languages, the distribution of language groups, the socio-political histories and hierarchies of different language groups — must be taken into account alongside the religious, ideological, economic, environmental, and resource bases of conflicts. This is especially true of long-lasting, apparently intractable “protracted social conflicts.” Ethnic and linguistic nationalism is today resurgent in the face of globalism and centuries’ old ethnolinguistic rivalries.

Understanding language conflict is vital for analysts and decision makers. ConflictAnalytiX believes there are compelling arguments and evidence for adding linguistic approaches, analyses, and methods to the research toolbox of analysts concerned with social conflict at all levels. ConflictAnalytiX offers such expertise to corporate, governmental, and non-governmental entities in making policy decisions about initiating, developing, or continuing activities in areas/locations around the world where elements of ethno-linguistic conflict exist.