languages:saterfrisian_in_germany
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==== Language standardization ==== | ==== Language standardization ==== | ||
- | The American linguist Marron Fort collected words while doing linguistic research over a span of 20 years in Saterland.((Fort, | + | The American linguist Marron Fort collected words while doing linguistic research over a span of 20 years in Saterland.((Fort, |
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==== Speaker numbers ==== | ==== Speaker numbers ==== | ||
- | Stellmacher (1998) conducted a study with his students in 1995, where they only asked a selected number of people to participate in their study to find out about the Sater Frisian language situation. Of the approx. 12.000 citizens of the Saterland, they excluded immigrants, people with a secondary residence in the Saterland region and children under 14. In the end, 10% of the remaining 8.334 citizens were then interviewed. The results showed that 4.058 people claimed that they understand Saterfrisian. The younger the citizen the smaller the knowledge of the language. The numbers of speakers vary from village to village. All in all, the number of active speakers is around 2.250 which is almost as high as 100 years ago (2.500) so people are encouraged to save the language since it stayed with the people for so long. ((Fort, Marron (2001), //Reviewed Work: Das Saterland und das Saterländische by Dieter Stellmacher// | + | Estimates of speaker numbers vary between a 1000 and 5000.((Moseley, |
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In 1996 it was reported that Sater Frisian was neither the language used for administration nor in church. Only two hours a week were offered for teaching in primary school. There were no audiovisual teaching materials available. ((Wilts, Ommo and Fort, Marron (1996), // | In 1996 it was reported that Sater Frisian was neither the language used for administration nor in church. Only two hours a week were offered for teaching in primary school. There were no audiovisual teaching materials available. ((Wilts, Ommo and Fort, Marron (1996), // | ||
- | The presence of Sater Frisian in the school system is still not very widespread. In 2010 the Saterland introduced the model project "Das Saterland als Modellregion für frühe Mehrsprachigkeit" | + | The presence of Sater Frisian in the school system is not very widespread |
- | Dr Marron Fort is one of the researchers who is helping to maintain Sater Frisian significantly. He came to Germany in 1965 and fell in love with the language. He decided to stay in Germany and has since helped considerably in reviving Sater Frisian. Moreover, he has translated the New Testament into Sater Frisian and created the Sater Frisian Dictionary. This laid the foundation for more Sater Frisian literature. ((Dein Niedersachsen (2017) // | + | Dr Marron Fort is one of the researchers who is helping to maintain Sater Frisian significantly. He came to Germany in 1965 and fell in love with the language. He decided to stay in Germany and has since helped considerably in reviving Sater Frisian. Moreover, he has translated the New Testament into Sater Frisian and created the Sater Frisian Dictionary. This laid the foundation for more Sater Frisian literature. ((Dein Niedersachsen (2017) // |
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===== Legislation of language education ===== | ===== Legislation of language education ===== | ||
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Sater Frisian is covered by the [[general_information: | Sater Frisian is covered by the [[general_information: | ||
- | It encourages the use of Sater Frisian in pre-school, primary school, secondary and higher education. It is not mentioned if the teachers are allowed to use Sater Frisian as the language of instruction. ((European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, //Application of the Charter in Germany, 5th monitoring circle// (2014) pp. 40-45 [[https:// | + | It encourages the use of Sater Frisian in pre-school, primary school, secondary and higher education. It is not mentioned if the teachers are allowed to use Sater Frisian as the language of instruction.((Committee of Experts on the Charter (2014, May 28). //European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Application of the Charter in Germany, 5th Monitoring Cycle// Council of Europe. [[https:// |
In the report from 2014 several important aspects were mentioned: | In the report from 2014 several important aspects were mentioned: | ||
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* a course in Sater Frisian has been offered in higher education at the University of Oldenburg since 2009 | * a course in Sater Frisian has been offered in higher education at the University of Oldenburg since 2009 | ||
* in 2011, a teaching program for Low German and Sater Frisian was added to the program of the University of Oldenburg | * in 2011, a teaching program for Low German and Sater Frisian was added to the program of the University of Oldenburg | ||
- | * there is a need for a policy which encourages more schools to teach Sater Frisian((European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, //Application of the Charter in Germany, 5th monitoring circle// (2014) pp. 40-45 [[https:// | + | * there is a need for a policy which encourages more schools to teach Sater Frisian((Committee of Experts on the Charter (2014, May 28). //European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Application of the Charter in Germany, 5th Monitoring Cycle// Council of Europe. [[https:// |
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