• In the language itself: add language name
• ISO 639-3 standard: add language's ISO 639-3-code

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• Classification: language family → language group. Add information about the language, with various steps in the language family tree. For more information for this, have a look at Glottolog.
• Script: add information about the script used to write the language

Add information about language standardisation, e.g.:

• Is there a standardised spelling in use?
• Which institution or institutions maintains/maintain this?

Add information about demographic regarding language area:

• Give a short description of the area where the language is spoken
• Specify which varieties exist.
• If available, upload an image of a map, illustrating where the language is spoken. See Adding audio, video or pictures for more information.

Describe what the map shows, and give credits to the creator of the map.

Add information about speaker numbers. If you wish to provide many data concerning speaker numbers, please consider presenting these in tables. Refer to Tables for more information.

Please describe the history of the language's presence in:

• the country's school system;
• published, broadcasted, or online learning resources.

Please describe legislation concerning education of the language on the various levels (e.g. European, national, local).

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Has the national government recognised the language via the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages?
• Has the national government recognised the minority, as a group, via the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities?
• What consequences are there because of this (lack of) recognition?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Does the law allow for the language to be taught in school?
• Does the law allow for the language to be used as medium of instruction in school?
• Does the law state that teaching the language or using it as medium of instruction is compulsory?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• are there any legal acts, recognition, or language policy on the local level?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• In which ways is the quality of language education inspected and stimulated?

If information is available regarding institutional support financial support, language learning materials, and/or teacher support, please discuss this.

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Is language education promoted by an institution/ several institutions?
• What is their role?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• is there financial support for the education, e.g. employment of teachers, (the development of) teaching materials, or the promotion of language education?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Are there learning materials being developed?
• Are these materials sufficient and of good quality?
• Are these materials commissioned, or their development subsidised by the regional or national government?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Is there training available for language teachers?
• Are there sufficient teachers and they are competent?
• Is a teacher's union present, or an institution where teachers can get advice or additional training?
• Is teacher training subsidised by the regional or national government?

To what extent is language education available in the area under scrutiny:

Can you say anything about to what extent education of the language helps to preserve it:

• Does learning the language at school stimulate its use outside school, or perhaps quite the opposite?
• Does the fact that the language is being taught in school add to its prestige, and the speakers' self-esteem?

Feel free to structure your information using chapter heading according educational levels of pre-school, primary education, secondary education, vocational education, higher education, and adult education

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Is the language used as medium of instruction in school?
• for how many hours per week?
• to how many children / what percentage of the population?
• are language skills being evaluated in any way?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Is the language taught in- or outside of school?
• If the language is taught during school hours,
  • in which grades is it taught?
  • for how many hours per week?
  • to how many children / what percentage of the population?
  • are language skills evaluated in any way?
  • what level of competence do students reach?
• Is the language used as medium of instruction in school?
• What school systems with respect to multilingualism are there (bilingual, trilingual)?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Is the language taught in- or outside of school?
• If the language is taught during school hours,
  • in which grades is it taught?
  • for how many hours per week?
  • to how many children / what percentage of the population?
  • are language skills evaluated in any way?
  • what level of competence do students reach?
• Is the language used as medium of instruction in school?
• What school systems with respect to multilingualism are there (bilingual, trilingual)?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Is the language taught or studied at vocational level?
• Which types of study programmes or courses are these?
• How many students are there, taking these?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Is the language taught or studied at university level?
• Which types of study programmes or courses are these?
• How many students are there, taking these?

Questions that may be discussed in this section:

• Are there courses available for adults?
• which types of courses are these?
• How many participants are there?

Please provide links to online learning resources. Feel free to add points, and to structure your information using the chapter headings organisations and online rescources:

Please provide links and short descriptions of important organisations for learning resources.

Please provide links and short descriptions of online learning resources.

If there is a Mercator Regional Dossier about the language in this country, please provide a link below: