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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Montana Symbols

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Montana Symbols

Animal, Arboretum, Ballad, Bird, Butterfly, Cowboy Hall of Fame, Firefighters' Memorial Park, Fish, Flag, Floral Emblem, Fossil, Gemstone, Gemstone, Grass, Korean Veteran Memorial - Butte, Korean War Veterans' Memorial - Missoula, Language:State/Local Government, Medal of Valor, Motto, Nicknames, Seal, Song, Tree, Veterans' Memorial Garden, Vietnam Veterans' Memorial

Montana State Language

English

Adopted in 1895.

English was adopted in 1895 as Montana's State Language.

5.2 percent of this state's residents speak a language other than English. The most common of these languages are German, Spanish, Crow, and French.

MONTANA ADVANCE LEGISLATIVE SERVICE, 1995, ACT 319
Section 1. English as official and primary language of state and local governments.
(1) English is the official and primary language of:
(a) state and local governments;
(b) government officers and employees acting in the course and scope of their employment; and
(c) government documents and records.
(2) A state statute, local government ordinance, or state or local government policy may not require a specific foreign language to be used by government officers and employees acting in the course and scope of their employment or for government documents and records or require a specific foreign language to be taught in a school as a student's primary language.
(3) This section is not intended to violate the federal or state constitutional right to freedom of speech of government officers and employees acting in the course and scope of their employment. This section does not prohibit a government officer or employee acting in the course and scope of employment from using a language other than English, including use in a government document or record, if the employee choose, or prohibit the teaching of other languages in a school for general educational purposes or as secondary languages.

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State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

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