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Welcome to Mercator's wiki on minority language learning

goal

The goal of the Mercator's wiki on minority language learning is to share knowledge on minority language learning and to increase the visibility of minority languages online.

It complements the Mercator Regional Dossiers, and offers information on the education of minority languages that have only a (very) small place in the national education system, or none at all.

aims

The Mercator's wiki on minority language learning aims:

to give the visitor an overview of the minority languages in Europe and beyond,
to inform about education in these minority languages,
to offer open resources for language learning.

minority languages available

To read more about a specific minority language, select a language from the sidebar or click on the map below:

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All coordinate data were retrieved from Glottolog or Geohack

Languages covered by Mercator's Regional Dossiers and Wiki

The focus of this wiki is on languages that have a minor or almost non-existent place in a nation's education system. It complements Mercator's Regional Dossiers, which concern languages whose presence in the education system is more significant.

Together, the Regional Dossiers and the Wiki cover 81 languages:

Language	Regional Dossier	Mercator Wiki
Albanian in Italy	yes	no
Aleut in the United States of America and Russia	no	yes
Aragonese in Spain	yes	yes
Aromanian in the Balkans	no	yes
Asturian in Spain	yes	yes
Basque in France	yes	no
Basque in Spain	yes	no
Bildts in The Netherlands	no	yes
Breton in France	yes	yes
British Sign Language in the United Kingdom	no	yes
Catalan in France	yes	no
Catalan in Spain	yes	no
Cornish in the United Kingdom	yes	no
Corsican in France	yes	no
Croatian in Austria	yes	no
Danish in Germany	yes	no
Dutch Sign Language in the Netherlands	no	yes
Elfdalian in Sweden	no	yes
Flemish sign language in Belgium	no	yes
Frisian in the Netherlands	yes	yes
Friulian in Italy	yes	no
Gaelic in Scotland	yes	yes
Galician in Spain	yes	no
German in Alsace, France	yes	no
German in Belgium	yes	no
German in Denmark	yes	no
German in South Tyrol, Italy	yes	no
Griko in Italy	no	yes
Greek in Ukraine	no	yes
Gronings in The Netherlands	no	yes
Hungarian in Romania	yes	no
Hungarian in Slovakia	yes	no
Hungarian in Slovenia	yes	no
Hungarian in Ukraine	yes	no
Irish in Ireland	yes	yes
Irish in Northern Ireland	yes	no
Irish sign language in Ireland	no	yes
Italian in Slovenia	yes	no
Italian in Switzerland	yes	no
Kalmyk in Russia	no	yes
Karaim in Lithuania, Ukraine, and Crimea	no	yes
Kashubian in Poland	yes	yes
Ket in Russia	no	yes
Khakas in Russia	no	yes
Ladin in Italy	yes	yes
Latgalian in Latvia	yes	no
Limburgish in the Netherlands	no	yes
Lithuanian in Poland	yes	no
Lombard in Italy	no	yes
Maltese in Malta	yes	no
Manx Gaelic, Isle of Man, United Kingdom	yes	no
Meänkieli and Sweden Finnish in Sweden	yes	no
Mirandês in Portugal	no	yes
Mongolian in China	yes	no
Nenets, Khanty and Selkup in Russia	yes	no
North Frisian in Germany	yes	no
Occitan in France	yes	no
Occitan in Italy	no	yes
Piedmontese in Italy	no	yes
Polish in Lithuania	yes	no
Romani and Beash in Hungary	yes	no
Romansh in Switzerland	yes	no
Sami in Sweden	yes	no
Sater Frisian in Germany	no	yes
Scots in Scotland	yes	no
Serbian in Hungary	yes	no
Silbo Gomero in the Canary Islands, Spain	no	yes
Slovak in Hungary	yes	no
Slovene in Italy	yes	no
Slovene in Austria	yes	no
Sorbian in Germany	yes	yes
Swedish in Finland	yes	no
Tatar in Russia	no	yes
Tlingít in Alaska, United States of America	no	yes
Tunumiisiut in Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark)	no	yes
Turkish in Greece	yes	no
Udmurt in Russia	yes	yes
Ukrainian and Rutherian in Poland	yes	no
Ulster Scots in the United Kingdom	yes	yes
Võro in Estonia	yes	no
Welsh in the UK	yes	no

Modified: 24-11-2020

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