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-====== Lower Sorbian in Germany ======
-==== Language name: ====
-=== Dolnoserbski ===
-==== Language code according to the ISO 639-3 standard: ====
-=== dsb ===
-==== Status in the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: ====
-=== Lower Sorbian is recognized as a national minority (part III of the Charter) ===
-==== Language vitality according to: ====
-^ [[http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/|UNESCO]] ^ [[https://www.ethnologue.com/language/fry/|Ethnologue]] ^ [[http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/10425|Endangered Languages]] ^
-| Definitely endangered|--your text here-- out of 10 (10 means extinct) | Threatened|
-==== Online resources: ====
-  * Sociolinguistic bibliography at Glottolog: [[http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/lowe1385]]
-  * Record at [[http://www.language-archives.org/language/dsb|Olac]]
-  * Record at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_language|Wikipedia]]
-==== Mercator's Regional Dossier: ====
-[[http://www.mercator-research.eu/fileadmin/mercator/dossiers_pdf/sorbian_in_germany_web.pdf|Sorbian in Germany]]
-==== About the Lower Sorbian Language ====
-Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbska rěc or Wendish) and Upper Sorbian (hornjoserbska rěč) are western Slavonic languages spoken in Lower Lusatia (located in the German state Land of Brandenburg) and Upper Lusatia (located in the German state Free State of Saxony). Especially Lower Sorbian dialects are vanishing due to the major role of formal learning of the standard language in school. In central parts of Upper Lusatia there are still villages where Upper Sorbian is the first language and the family language of all generations. In Lower Lusatia the language is rarely passed on to to the next generation.
-==== Location ====
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-</olmap>
-==== Demographics ====
-Percentage of Frisians that speak the Frisian language in different age classes:
-{{:age_distribution_frisian.png?direct&300}}source:((Fryske taalatlas 2015, [[http://www.fryslan.frl/|provinsje fryslân]]))
-  * ~ 94% in Frisian understand Frisian.
-  * ~ 67% speaks the language (reasonably) well.
-  * ~ 15% writes the language well
-Writing skills seem to have improved somewhat in the last few years((Fryske taalatlas 2015, [[http://www.fryslan.frl/|provinsje fryslân]])).
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-===== Legislation =====
-==== Daycare centres ====
-Brandenburg: daycare centres are obliged to teach about Sorbian language and culture. The Federal State is obliged to support Sorbian education of the group leaders and to provide pedagogical materials.
-Brandenburg: schools are obliged to inform parents about the possibilities to learn Sorbian. Basic knowledge about the history and culture of the Sorbs has to be taught at schools ((Sorbian / Wendish Schulverordnung, 2000)).
-==== 5 - 10/12 years old: primary education ====
-Saxony: the Sorbian language may be used as a language of instruction, and taught as a subject. Basic knowledge about the history and culture of the Sorbs has to be taught at school ((Paragraph 2, Saxon Education Act 2004)).
-==== 12-16/18 years old: secondary education ====
-Saxony: the Sorbian language may be used as a language of instruction, and taught as a subject. Basic knowledge about the history and culture of the Sorbs has to be taught at school ((Paragraph 2, Saxon Education Act 2004)).
-===== Financing =====
-Daycare centers receive financial support from the Foundation for Sorbian People to education Sorbian language and culture.
-In Saxony, the State provides Sorbian groups with additional financial support for staff and education materials.
-===== Teacher training =====
-==== Daycare centres ====
-  * [[http://www.witaj-sprachzentrum.de/|WITAJ Language Centre]];
-  * [[http://www.sorbische-wendische-sprachschule.de/|School for Lower Sorbian Language and Culture]];
-  * [[http://www.lipa-ev.de/|Serbske kubłanske srjedźišćo LIPA]] (Sorbian Family and Education Centre “LIPA” registered association).
-==== Primary education ====
-[[https://www.cottbus.de/wissenswert/sorbische_institutionen/|Arbeitsstelle Bildungsentwicklung Cottbus]].
-==== Secondary education ====
-  * The [[https://sorb.philol.uni-leipzig.de/|Institut za Sorabistiku]]
-===== Educational materials =====
-Educational materials for daycare centres are developed by [[http://www.witaj-sprachzentrum.de/|WITAJ Language Centre]]
-Educational materials for primary and secondary education are developed by
-  * [[http://www.witaj-sprachzentrum.de/|WITAJ Language Centre]]
-  * [[https://www.cottbus.de/wissenswert/sorbische_institutionen/|Arbeitsstelle Bildungsentwicklung Cottbus]].
-Different methods are available for teaching Sorbian as a first language, and as a foreign language.
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-==== Educational materials ====
-Educational materials are developed by
-  * [[http://www.witaj-sprachzentrum.de/|WITAJ Language Centre]]
-  * [[https://www.cottbus.de/wissenswert/sorbische_institutionen/|Arbeitsstelle Bildungsentwicklung Cottbus]].
-  * [[http://www.sbi.smk.sachsen.de/|Saxon Education Institute]].
-Different methods are available for teaching Sorbian as a first language, and as a foreign language.
-==== Practice ====
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-===== Adult education =====
-  *  The [[https://www.nhl.nl/|Institut za Sorabistiku]], university of Leipzig offers a bachelor and a master in Sorbian Studies.
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-===== Evaluation of language education =====
-Saxony: external evaluation of Sorbian language education is carried out by the [[http://www.sbi.smk.sachsen.de/|Saxon Education Institute]].
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-===== Educational resources =====
-  * [[http://sorbisches-museum.de/bildung-und-vermittlung/?lang=en|Serbski Muzej]], Sorbian museum with many educational activities.