Well you have the America Conquest By the Spanish, there is a reason in Mexico they don´t speak Nahuatl languages or that Peru-Bolivia-Ecuador-Chile, aren´t Quechua speaking countries and that Spanish is the Second (or third) most Spoken language in the World, But this conquest definitively fail to fulfill your "peaceful methods" requirementCan anyone give examples of countries that were most successful at conquering other countries with distinct cultures/languages and assimilating them? Preferably by peaceful methods.
Not just around its borders but also vast swathes within what we now call China throughout its history. And it did so repeatedly with wave after wave of people coming through and assimilating the local population only to be assimilated themselves by a different wave of Han migration. The vocabulary of some southern Chinese languages like Hokkien reflects this history with multiple layers of linguistic borrowings i.e. a non-Sino-Tibetan substratum, a core vocabulary derived from Old Chinese, colloquial vocabulary introduced with Han migrations during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, literary vocabulary introduced during the Tang Dynasty, and finally modern loan-words from Mandarin.You have the Islamic conquests of the Middle East and North Africa where many native cultures, languages and religions were assimilated. There's also the Turkic conversion of Anatolia and the Spanish conquest of Granada. China did this was many peoples around its borders, too.
Well you have the America Conquest By the Spanish, there is a reason in Mexico they don´t speak Nahuatl languages or that Peru-Bolivia-Ecuador-Chile, aren´t Quechua speaking countries and that Spanish is the Second (or third) most Spoken language in the World, But this conquest definitively fail to fulfill your "peaceful methods" requirement
Italy sorta managed the same, though not as deeply as France (but arguably more so than Britain, looking at the current juncture). Germany is more complicated I'd guess.The disappearance of Occitan and other languages in France was remarkably quick in the XIXth, thanks to centuries of diglossic relationship with French where they lost administrative and cultural purpose. At the difference of what happened in other european countries, the assimilation to a French linguistical and political culture did involved social ascencion on a more or less egalitarian footing (transversal class-wise). There's few countries that were this successful structurally : Great-Britain, Netherlands and...well, that's it, and France worked on a much more diverse cultural ground.
It's not to say it was right, but eventually, it was essentially peaceful if with coercive elements.
I'm not sure about this : linguistical minorities are much more viable in Italy (Aoste, Southern Tyrol, etc.) than in France where, with some exception, they're virtually extinguished in a current use. The relative success at standard Italian to get entirely imposed upon the dialectal system is another difference.Italy sorta managed the same
Aoste and Sud-tirol may count as "some exception". Though you are generally right that Italy tends to be is a lot more tolerant about dialects and minority languages that France, distinct regional linguistic and cultural identities have been eroded considerably.I'm not sure about this : linguistical minorities are much more viable in Italy (Aoste, Southern Tyrol, etc.) than in France where, with some exception, they're virtually extinguished in a current use. The relative success at standard Italian to get entirely imposed upon the dialectal system is another difference.
Mexico 135 Million inhabitants, Spanish Speaking 135 Million, Nahuatl Speaking 1.74 Million, Mexico is not a Nahutl speaking CountryIn Mexico they do speak Nahuatl, and Peru-Bolivia-Ecuador-Columbia are Quechua speaking countries.
Mexico 135 Million inhabitants, Spanish Speaking 135 Million, Nahuatl Speaking 1.74 Million, Mexico is not a Nahutl speaking Country
neither Peru,Bolivia,Ecuador,Colombia,Chile are a Quechua Speaking country, they are Spanish Speaking Countries
4.4 million people in Peru (30 million inhabitants)
1.6 million in Bolivia(8 million inhabitants)
2.2 million in Ecuador (17 million)
60,000 in Argentina (42 million inhabitants)
8,200 in Chile (17 million inhabitants)
There is not data for Colombia
Mexico 135 Million inhabitants, Spanish Speaking 135 Million, Nahuatl Speaking 1.74 Million, Mexico is not a Nahutl speaking Country
neither Peru,Bolivia,Ecuador,Colombia,Chile are a Quechua Speaking country, they are Spanish Speaking Countries
4.4 million people in Peru (30 million inhabitants)
1.6 million in Bolivia(8 million inhabitants)
2.2 million in Ecuador (17 million)
60,000 in Argentina (42 million inhabitants)
8,200 in Chile (17 million inhabitants)
There is not data for Colombia
So by your account USA Is a Spanish speaking Country, Canadá Is a French Speaking Country, England Is Welsh Speaking Country, Sweden and Norway áre Sami speaking Countries, Finland Is swedish and Sami speaking Country?The Andean countries are both Quechua-speaking and Spanish-speaking. Mexico is a Nahuatl-speaking and a Spanish-speaking country. For the purposes of this topic, the only Latin American countries that we can consider "successful" are Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Everywhere else has failed to completely assimilate its native population.
So by your account USA Is a Spanish speaking Country, Canadá Is a French Speaking Country, England Is Welsh Speaking Country, Sweden and Norway áre Sami speaking Countries, Finland Is swedish and Sami speaking Country?
Can anyone give examples of countries that were most successful at conquering other countries with distinct cultures/languages and assimilating them? Preferably by peaceful methods.
Aosta is majority Italian speaking actually while South Tyrol was annexed fairly late and its further Italinization was more stopped due to particular set of events rather than an inherent difference in assimilation practices or capability.I'm not sure about this : linguistical minorities are much more viable in Italy (Aoste, Southern Tyrol, etc.) than in France where, with some exception, they're virtually extinguished in a current use. The relative success at standard Italian to get entirely imposed upon the dialectal system is another difference.
To be fair while it seems a meme that "France destroy regional languages". I don't think that compared to its neighbour it was that much more effective, Low German is virtually dead by now and the only dialects that thrive still in Germany are the ones most similar to Standard German, the UK destroyed Irish, most of Welsh and Scottish Gaelic as well.The disappearance of Occitan and other languages in France was remarkably quick in the XIXth, thanks to centuries of diglossic relationship with French where they lost administrative and cultural purpose. At the difference of what happened in other european countries, the assimilation to a French linguistical and political culture did involved social ascencion on a more or less egalitarian footing (transversal class-wise). There's few countries that were this successful structurally : Great-Britain, Netherlands and...well, that's it, and France worked on a much more diverse cultural ground.
It's not to say it was right, but eventually, it was essentially peaceful if with coercive elements.