• France monitors language usage through the French Academy, a group that was founded to preserve the French language in 1635. Foreign words, such as "talk show," "software," "walkman," and "email," are deemed inappropriate for the French language and replaced with French words.
• China has instituted similar language controls for the Mandarin language
• India renamed many cities and buildings that previously had British-given names, such as Bombay and Calcutta, and gave them purely Indian names
In a world characterized by increasing integration on economic, political and institutional levels, the notions of sovereignty and independence are becoming somewhat vague and a number of social entities such as ethnic groups which exist within wider societies are perceiving such integration - which is partly due to globalization - as a threat to their culture and identity.
