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 ==== Language Area ====
-East Frisian Low Saxon is spoken in East Frisia, an area in the northwest of the State of Lower Saxony in Germany on the coast of the Wadden Sea. This area roughly corresponds to the municipalities under the Ostfriesische Landschaft.
+East Frisian Low Saxon is spoken in East Frisia, an area in the northwest of the State of Lower Saxony in Germany on the coast of the Wadden Sea and bordering the Netherlands. This area roughly corresponds to the municipalities under the Ostfriesische Landschaft.
 {{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/OstfriesischesPlatt.png/1024px-OstfriesischesPlatt.png?450 |East Frisian language area}}
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 ==== Teacher support ====
-The regional Expertise Center for Teacher Training in East Frisia offers continued teacher training courses for exercise games in Low German at primary and secondary level ((https://bildung.ostfriesischelandschaft.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/dateiarchiv/4930/Kurse%20Fachbereiche%201_2024.pdf)).
+In 2024, the regional Expertise Center for Teacher Training in East Frisia offered continued teacher training courses for exercise games in Low German at primary and secondary level ((Kompetenzzentrum für Lehrkräftefortbildung Aurich. (2024, May 28). //Fortbildungen 2024// [Continued training courses 2024]. Ostfriesische Landschaft. [[https://bildung.ostfriesischelandschaft.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/dateiarchiv/4930/Kurse%20Fachbereiche%201_2024.pdf]])).
 ===== Education presence =====
 ==== preschool education====
-In 2015, around 80 preschools in East Frisia were part of a Low German immersion program initiated by the Ostfriesische Landschaft ((https://www.niederdeutschsekretariat.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PlattdeutschKindergarten.pdf)).
+In 2015, around 80 preschools in East Frisia were part of a Low German immersion program initiated by the Ostfriesische Landschaft ((Kammler, G. (2015). Das Netzwerk der Ostfriesischen Landschaft. In C. Ehlers & R. Goltz (Eds.), //Wat hest du seggt? Plattdüütsch in‘n Kinnergoorn// [What did you say? Low German in kindergarten] (46th ed.) (pp. 34-46). Bundesraat för Nedderdüütsch. [[https://www.niederdeutschsekretariat.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PlattdeutschKindergarten.pdf]])).
 ==== primary education====
-There are twelve primary Low German Schools in East Frisia ((https://bildungsportal-niedersachsen.de/allgemeinbildung/unterrichtsfaecher/sprachen-und-literatur/niederdeutsch/zertifizierte-plattdeutsche/saterfriesische-schulen)).
+There are twelve primary Low German Schools in East Frisia ((Bildungsportal Niedersachsen. (n.d.). //Zertifizierte Plattdeutsche/Saterfriesische Schulen// [Certified Low German/ Sater Frisian Schools]. [[https://bildungsportal-niedersachsen.de/allgemeinbildung/unterrichtsfaecher/sprachen-und-literatur/niederdeutsch/zertifizierte-plattdeutsche/saterfriesische-schulen]])).
 ==== secondary education====
-There are five secondary Low German Schools in East Frisia ((https://bildungsportal-niedersachsen.de/allgemeinbildung/unterrichtsfaecher/sprachen-und-literatur/niederdeutsch/zertifizierte-plattdeutsche/saterfriesische-schulen)). Of these, three ((https://www.igs-ihlow.de/fachbereich/sprachen/)) ((https://www.moeoerkenschule.de/schulleben/plattdeutsch-an-der-moeoerkenschule/)) ((https://www.obs-uplengen.de/index.php/projekte/plattdeutsche-sprache)) offer Low German as an elective subject.
+There are five secondary Low German Schools in East Frisia ((Bildungsportal Niedersachsen. (n.d.). //Zertifizierte Plattdeutsche/Saterfriesische Schulen// [Certified Low German/ Sater Frisian Schools]. [[https://bildungsportal-niedersachsen.de/allgemeinbildung/unterrichtsfaecher/sprachen-und-literatur/niederdeutsch/zertifizierte-plattdeutsche/saterfriesische-schulen]])). Of these, three ((Hermann-Tempel-Schule IGS Ihlow. (n.d.). //Fremdsprachen// [Foreign languages]. [[https://www.igs-ihlow.de/fachbereich/sprachen/]])) ((Möörkenschule. (n.d.). //Plattdeutsch an der Möörkenschule// [Low German at the Möörkenschule]. [[https://www.moeoerkenschule.de/schulleben/plattdeutsch-an-der-moeoerkenschule/]])) ((Oberschule Uplengen. (n.d.). //Plattdeutsche Sprache// [Low German language]. [[https://www.obs-uplengen.de/index.php/projekte/plattdeutsche-sprache]])) offer Low German as an elective subject.
 ====vocational education ====
-There is a vocational Low German School in Wittmund. East Frisian Low Saxon is used for immersive teaching but the school does not teach it as a target language. ((https://www.bbs-wittmund.de/plattdueuetske-beroopsschool/)).
+There is a vocational Low German School in Wittmund. East Frisian Low Saxon is used for immersive teaching but the school does not teach it as a target language. ((Berufsbildende Schulen für den Landkreis Wittmund. (n.d.). //Utteken van de eerst „Plattdüütske Beroopsschool“ in Oostfreesland// [Designation of the first “Low German vocational school” in East Frisia]. [[https://www.bbs-wittmund.de/plattdueuetske-beroopsschool/]])).
 ==== tertiary education====
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 ==== Organisations ====
-  * The [[https://www.ostfriesischelandschaft.de/|Ostfriesische Landschaft]] and its [[https://platt.ostfriesischelandschaft.de/|Plattdüütskbüro]]. The Ostfriesische Landschaft is the cultural municipal cooperative of the East Frisian region. It comprises the municipalities of Aurich, Emden, Leer, and Wittmund. Via its Plattdüütskbüro, it supports the use of East Frisian Low Saxon, i.a. in education.
+  * The [[https://www.ostfriesischelandschaft.de/|Ostfriesische Landschaft]] and its [[https://platt.ostfriesischelandschaft.de/|Plattdüütskbüro]]. The Ostfriesische Landschaft is the cultural governing body of the East Frisian region. It comprises the municipalities of Aurich, Emden, Leer, and Wittmund. Via its Plattdüütskbüro, it supports the use of East Frisian Low Saxon, i.a. in education.
   * [[https://oostfreeske-taal.de/|Oostfreeske Taal]] is an association that supports the conservation and promotion of East Frisian Low Saxon.
   * The [[https://www.oostfraeisk-instituut.org/|Oostfräisk Instituut]] is an independent East Frisian Low Saxon language institute.