Charter of the French Language for the English instruction not on the basis of a parent having received his instruction in English in "Canada", but in "Quebec" only. This came to be amended following the adoption of the "Constitution Act 1982", which defined the educational right of French and English minorities in all provinces under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Office québécois de la langue française, informally known as the "language police", is the commission responsible for conducting the policy pertaining to linguistic officialization, toponymy and francization of civil administration and enterprises. It also has the mission of "monitoring
Official language to the government in their native languages. In countries that do not formally designate an official language, a "de facto" national language usually evolves. English is the most common official language, with recognized status in 51 countries. Arabic, French, and Spanish are also widely recognized. An official language that is also an indigenous language is called "endoglossic", one that is not indigenous is "exoglossic". An instance is Nigeria which has three endoglossic official languages. By this the country aims to protect the indigenous languages although at the same time recognising the English language as its lingua franca. Around 500 BC,