Differences of language policies between nation and family: A case study of three Indian migrant families in three countries of Europe

This paper examines the language practices of three Indian families residing in three countries of Europe which are France, Norway and Finland. The language practices of a migrant family rarely match the political linguistics of his new country. With globalization and a quick and constant change of the world, the migrant who was an unskilled labor was treated as a commodity and had only restricted rights. For about twenty years, it is possible to notice the evolution of the status of the migrants that are no longer considered as a cheap labor force but as a qualified elite. As this article is about the case study of three families, the purpose is not to give a representative view of Indian migrant families but to analyse the linguistic processes taking place within the families belonging to a minority migrant community in Europe, acknowledging the fact that the Indian community is plurilingual thanks to the systematic presence of a multilingual society and a liberal national language policy that prevails in his country of origin. This study aims to highlight some features of the family language policies of the Indian migrant community not yet covered in the case of these three countries.