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 ==== Aim ====
+The aim of the Wiki on Minority Language Learnings is to complement the Regional Dossier series and provide information on regional or minority languages in education which have no or a limited place in the educational system. The Wiki on Minority Language Learning mainly focusses on regional or minority languages in Europe.
 The main goals of the Wiki on Minority Language Learning are to:
   * share knowledge on regional or minority language learning, as education of the languages is a key factor for language vitality ((Lewis, M. P., & Simons, G. F. (2010). Assessing endangerment: Expanding Fishman's GIDS. //Revue Roumaine de Linguistique// 55(2), 103–20. [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228384852_Assessing_endangerment_Expanding_Fishman%27s_GIDS]]))((UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on Endangered Languages. (2003). Language Vitality and Endangerment. //International Expert Meeting on the UNESCO Programme Safeguarding of Endangered Languages, Paris, 2003, // CLT/CEI/DCE/ELP/PI/2003/1. [[https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000183699]]))((Lee N.H. & Van Way J. (2016). Assessing levels of endangerment in the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) using the Language Endangerment Index (LEI). //Language in Society//. 2016;45(2):271-292. doi:10.1017/S0047404515000962)), and inclusion of multilingualism and mother tongue education is important for the academic success and wellbeing of students ((Gaikhorst, L., Karssen, M., Zijlstra, H., Martens, E. & Duarte, J. (2023). De effecten van een meertalige interventie op zowel de sociaal-affectieve als cognitieve ontwikkeling van basisschoolleerlingen [The effects of a multilingual intervention for the social-affective and cognitive development of primary education students]. //Pedagogische Studiën, 100.// 10.59302/ps.v100i3.17634.))((Hélot, C. & Young, A. (2006).  Imagining Multilingual Education in France: A Language and Cultural Awareness Project at Primary Level. In O Garda,T. Skutnabb-Kangas & M. Torres-Guzmán (Eds.), //Imagining Multilingual Schools: Languages in Education and Glocalizacion //(pp. 69-90). Multilingual Matters.))((United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues. (2017). //Language Rights of Linguistic Minorities: A Practical Guide for Implementation.// United Nations.  [[https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Minorities/SR/LanguageRightsLinguisticMinorities_EN.pdf]]))((Van der Wildt,A., Van Avennaet, P., & Van Houtte, M. (2017). Multilingual school population: ensuring school belonging by tolerating multilingualism. //International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 20//(7), 868-882.));
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   * collect and offer open resources for regional or minority language learning;
   * increase the visibility of regional or minority languages online;
-The Wiki on Minority Language Leaning mainly focusses on regional or minority languages in Europe, but also covers some languages in other parts of the world.
+The Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning uses the following definition for regional and minority languages, as stated in the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML; 1992): "Regional and minority languages are languages traditionally used within a given territory of a state by nationals of that state who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the state’s population; they are different from the official language(s) of that state, and they include neither dialects of the official language(s) of the state nor the languages of migrants"((Council of Europe. (1992). //European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.// CETS 148. Council of Europe. [[https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-charter-regional-or-minority-languages/text-of-the-charter]].)).
+The Wiki on Minority Language Learning includes information on languages which are recognised via the ECRML, such as Saterfrisian in Germany, languages which are recognised via other means, such as Catalan Sign Language in Spain, and languages witout official (national) recognition, such as Bildts in the Netherlands. Additional to these regional or minority languages in Europe, other languages may be included if they are aligned with the Wiki’s aim.
 ==== Target groups ====
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 Suggestions, new information or new contributors are welcomed. Please go to the page [[manual:become_an_author|Contribute]] for more information to contact us, and for an overview of previous contributors to the Mercator's Wiki on minority language learning.
+==== How to cite ====
+You may follow the reference guidelines for APA style, and cite the Wiki as:
+Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. (Year, Month Date). // Language entry.// Mercator’s Wiki on minority language learning. Retrieved Month Date, Year, from URL.
 ====  Co-operation University of Groningen ====
 Since 2017, Mercator European Research Centre has had a co-operation with the MA-programme Multilingualism at Campus Fryslân, which is part of the University of Groningen. A lecture or workshop is given to explore the topics covered by the Wiki, and afterwards, the students are assigned to choose a regional or minority language (with a focus on Europe), and write a fact sheet on the education of this language. This way, students learn more on gathering (limited) information on minority or regional language education, international or European [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#European Charter for Regional and Minority languages|treaties]] which promote education, and of course, about regional or minority education. Afterwards, students can submit their fact sheets to be published online.