Monolingualism
Defining one or more languages as the one(s) used in administration, education and official communication is inevitable for every state. Monolingualism is a practice applied in nation-states to demand of the use of a sole official language with regards to the entirety or the majority of the territory of the state. The allowance for the use of minority languages in citizens-institutions relationship can complement it if certain legal conditions are met. If a numerically strong and, or geographically concentrated minority, or minorities live in the state, the application of Monolingualism could be interpreted as a tool for assimilation. A different approach from Monolingualism is official bilingualism or multilingualism based on the parallel use of two or more languages (Brussels Region, Belgium at the federal level). A special case of Monolingualism is that of the autonomous region of Åland which is a Swedish monolingual entity within the bilingual Finland.