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--- languages:saterfrisian_in_germany [2024/10/16 12:38] – [Language vitality according to:] ydwine
+++ languages:saterfrisian_in_germany [2025/06/18 10:25] (current) – [Language vitality according to:] ydwine
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 ==== Language vitality according to: ====
 ^  [[https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/germany/languages/ems-weser-frisian-saterland-frisian|UNESCO]]  ^ [[https://www.ethnologue.com/language/stq/|Ethnologue]] ^ [[http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/3052|Endangered Languages]]  ^  [[https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sate1242|Glottolog]]  ^
-|  {{:endangerment:yellow.png?nolink|Definitely endangered}}  |  {{:endangerment:orange.png?nolink|Endangered}}  |                             {{:endangerment:yellow.png?nolink|threatened}}  |  {{:endangerment:yellow.png?nolink|Shifting}}  |
+|  {{:endangerment:orange.png?nolink|Definitely endangered}}  |  {{:endangerment:red.png?nolink|Endangered}}  |                             {{:endangerment:yellow.png?nolink|threatened}}  |  {{:endangerment:orange.png?nolink|Shifting}}  |
+<sup> Click [[manual:colour_codes|here]] for a full overview of the language vitality colour codes. </sup>
 ==== Linguistic aspects: =====
   * Classification: Indo-European → Germanic → Northwest Germanic → West Germanic → North Sea Germanic → Anglo-Frisian → Frisian → Sater Frisian (Ems-Weser Frisian).\\ For more information, see [[http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sate1242|sate1242]] at [[http://glottolog.org/|Glottolog]]
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 Since 1996, Sater Frisian is included on a voluntary base in primary schools of the municipalty Saterland, and schools can spend 265 hours per school year for teaching (about) the minority language ((Wikiwand. (2022, July 25). //Seeltersk an do Skoulen// [Sater Frisian in school]. [[https://www.wikiwand.com/stq/Seeltersk_an_do_Skoulen]].)). ((Schumacher S. (2014, December 19).„Plattdeutsche und Saterfriesische Schule“- Acht weitere Schulen in Niedersachsen ausgezeichnet ["Low German and Sater Frisian School" - Eight more schools in Lower Saxony awarded]. //Niedersächsisches Kultusministerium// [[https://www.mk.niedersachsen.de/startseite/aktuelles/presseinformationen/plattdeutsche-und-saterfriesische-schule--acht-weitere-schulen-in-niedersachsen-ausgezeichnet-130200.html]].)) In 2011, 150 children attended Sater Frisian class, ten years later, in 2021, 95 pupils attended Sater Frisian classes either in immersion lessons or activity groups.((Wikiwand. (2022, July 25). //Seeltersk an do Skoulen// [Sater Frisian in school]. [[https://www.wikiwand.com/stq/Seeltersk_an_do_Skoulen]].)). ((Evers, J., & Schramm, K-P. (2021). //Comments by the Seelter Buund (Sater Frisians) on the Seventh Report of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.// [[https://rm.coe.int/germanypr7-en/1680a38525]].)) Due to the COVIC-19 pandemic, there has been a suspension of Sater Frisian classes in 2020 and 2021.((Fertig, A. (2021, February 20). Corona laehmt Unterricht [Corona paralyzes education]. //General Anzeiger//. [[https://www.seeltersk.de/wp-content/uploads/Corona_laehmt_Unterricht_GA_2021_Feb_20.jpg]].)) ((Hemken-Wulf, R. (2021 May 8) Corona stoppt vorerst Saterfriesisch-Unterricht [Corona halts Sater Frisian education for now]. //Nordwest Zeitung.// [[https://www.seeltersk.de/wp-content/uploads/08052021-NWZ-Corona-stoppt-vorerst-Saterfriesisch-Unterricht.pdf]].)) The primary schools make use of the available [[[[languages:saterfrisian_in_germany#Language Learning materials|learning materials]].
-The primary schools that offer Sater Frisian are((Evers, J., & Schramm, K-P. (2021). //Comments by the Seelter Buund (Sater Frisians) on the Seventh Report of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.// [[https://rm.coe.int/germanypr7-en/1680a38525]].)):
+Since early 2025, all four primary schools in Saterland offer Sater Frisian ((Evers, J., & Schramm, K-P. (2021). //Comments by the Seelter Buund (Sater Frisians) on the Seventh Report of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.// [[https://rm.coe.int/germanypr7-en/1680a38525]].))((Seeltersk Kontoor. (2025, January 14). //Schulkinder in Sedelsberg lernen nun auch Saterfriesisch //[School children in Sedelsberg also learn Saterfrisian now]. Seeltersk. [[https://www.seeltersk.de/archiv/schulkinder-in-sedelsberg-lernen-nun-auch-saterfriesisch/]].)). These are:
   * [[http://www.grundschule-scharrel.de/seite/196926/saterfriesisch.html|Litje Skoule]] in //Skäddel// / Scharrel, offers Sater Frisian in immersive lessons (year 1) and within an activity group (years 1-4)
   * [[https://www.marienschule-struecklingen.de/seite/137418/saterfriesisch.html|Marienschule]] in //Strukelje// / Strücklingen, offers Sater Frisian within an activity group (years 1-3), but no longer offers immersive lessons
   * [[http://www.grundschule-ramsloh.de/seite/107334/saterfriesisch.html|Grundschule Ramsloh]] in //Roomelse// / Ramsloh, offers Sater Frisian within an activity group  (1 year)
+  * [[https://algsedelsberg.edupage.org/|Astrid-Líndgren-Grundschule]] in //Seedelsbierich// /Sedelsberg, after an interval of 10 years due to the absence of a teacher, the school started the Saterfrisian activity group in 2025, with a teacher and a volunteer language assistant ((Evers, J., & Schramm, K-P. (2021). //Comments by the Seelter Buund (Sater Frisians) on the Seventh Report of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.// [[https://rm.coe.int/germanypr7-en/1680a38525]].))((Seeltersk Kontoor. (2025, January 14). //Schulkinder in Sedelsberg lernen nun auch Saterfriesisch //[School children in Sedelsberg also learn Saterfrisian now]. Seeltersk. [[https://www.seeltersk.de/archiv/schulkinder-in-sedelsberg-lernen-nun-auch-saterfriesisch/]].))
+In three primary schools, the teachers are supported by language assistants. Language training for the assistance is offered by the Seeltersk Kontoor.
-[[https://algsedelsberg.edupage.org/|Astrid-Líndgren-Grundschule]] in //Seedelsbierich// /Sedelsberg, hasn't had Sater Frisian lessons since 2017, as there is no teacher ((Evers, J., & Schramm, K-P. (2021). //Comments by the Seelter Buund (Sater Frisians) on the Seventh Report of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.// [[https://rm.coe.int/germanypr7-en/1680a38525]].))
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   * //Fräindai is Seelterdai// (Eng: Friday is Sater Frisian day). Every Friday of September, the whole school has a Sater Frisian activity. Several schools implement(ed) this project, e.g. Litje Skoule, Marienschule, Grundschule Ramsloh. ((Litje Skoule Skäddel (n.d. //Saterfriesisch//. [[http://www.grundschule-scharrel.de/seite/196926/saterfriesisch.html]].))((Marienschule (2019, September 9). //Fräindai is Seelterdai//. [[https://www.marienschule-struecklingen.de/news/1/521901/nachrichten/fr%C3%A4indai-is-seelterdai.html]].))((Homes, N. (2017, September 11).  „Fluchste Gebuursdaisfier" im Ramsloher Kalssenzimmer. //GA-online//. [[https://www.ga-online.de/artikel/308385/Fluchste-Gebuursdaisfier-im-Ramsloher-Kalssenzimmer]].))
-Since April 2023, all doors in the Litje Skoule show monolingual Sater Frisian inscriptions ((Seeltersk (2023, April 17). Saterfriesische Beschriftungen in der Litje Skoule Skäddel [Sater Frisian inscriptions in the Litje Skoule Skäddel] //Seeltersk.// [[https://www.seeltersk.de/archiv/saterfriesische-beschriftungen-in-der-litje-skoule-skaddel/]].))
+===visibility of Saterfrisian ===
+Since April 2023, schools in Saterfriesland have made Saterfrisian more visible with inscriptions on the doors in the building. Litje Skoule in //Skäddel// / Scharrel was the first((Seeltersk (2023, April 17). Saterfriesische Beschriftungen in der Litje Skoule Skäddel [Sater Frisian inscriptions in the Litje Skoule Skäddel] //Seeltersk.// [[https://www.seeltersk.de/archiv/saterfriesische-beschriftungen-in-der-litje-skoule-skaddel/]].)), and the Astrid-Líndgren-Grundschule]] in //Seedelsbierich// /Sedelsberg was the fourthand last primary school to do so ((Seeltersk Kontoor. (2025, January 14). //Schulkinder in Sedelsberg lernen nun auch Saterfriesisch //[School children in Sedelsberg also learn Saterfrisian now]. Seeltersk. [[https://www.seeltersk.de/archiv/schulkinder-in-sedelsberg-lernen-nun-auch-saterfriesisch/]].)).
 ===Seelterfräiske Skoule===
 The two primary schools Litje Skoule and Marienschule have a certifite as //Seelterfräiske Skoule// (Eng: Sater Frisian school), for their outstanding and long-term services for Sater Frisian, handed out by the //Niedersächsisches Kultusministerium//. ((Bildungsportal Niedersachsen (2022). //„Plattdeutsche/Saterfriesische Schulen “ in Niedersachsen (Übersicht der zertifizierten Schulen 2013-2022).// [[https://bildungsportal-niedersachsen.de/fileadmin/4_Allgemeinbildung/Unterrichtsfaecher/Niederdeutsch/Dateie/Gesamtu__bersicht_Plattdeutsche_Saterfriesische_Schulen_2013-2022_RA_LK.pdf]].))((Bundesministerium des Innern für Bau und Heimat (2021). // Seventh periodical report presented to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in accordance with Article 15 of the Charter//. [[https://rm.coe.int/germanypr7-en/1680a38525]].))