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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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 ==== 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.