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Regional Dossiers
The Regional Dossiers focus on the educational system in European regions that have an autochthonous lesser-used language, and on how the lesser-used language is embedded in this system. The Regional dossiers are written according to a fixed structure, so that they can be used for comparative research.
The dossiers provide information on:
- educational statistics, such as number of bilingual schools, percentage of children learning the lesser-used language, language skills of teachers, etc.
- policies regarding education of the lesser-used language
- the structure of the educational system in the area
- speakers numbers of the lesser-used language
- institutions supporting the lesser-used language.
Map of the Regional Dossiers
Most recent Regional Dossier
Terms of usage
You are free to download and print the dossiers for personal, non-commercial use, provided that the extract is followed by a complete reference to Mercator Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning.
Organisations or institutions that would like to print the dossiers by a local publisher in their country, may request a publisher's file (containing crop marks etc.). Publisher's files are available for some of the dossiers, though not all. We would appreciate it if you could let us know if you print a dossier in large numbers for distribution at conferences or events.
Editors
Ramziè Krol-Hage and Marlous Visser are responsible for the editing and publishing of the Mercator Research Centre Regional dossiers series. You can contact them for any questions or suggestions.
Mercator's Regional Dossiers
| Minority language | Country | Edition | Year of publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | Italy | 2010 | |
| Aragonese | Spain | 2017 | |
| Asturian | Spain | 2nd | 2014 |
| Basque | France | 2nd | 2007 |
| Basque | Spain | 2nd | 2005 |
| Breton | France | 2nd | 2003 |
| Catalan | France | 2005 | |
| Catalan | Spain | 2nd | 2013 |
| Cornish | United Kingdom | 2001 | |
| Corsican | France | 2nd | 2012 |
| Croatian | Austria | 2001 | |
| Danish | Germany | 2018 | |
| Frisian | The Netherlands | 4th | 2007 |
| Friulian | Italy | 2014 | |
| Gaelic | Scotland | 2nd | 2017 |
| Galician | Spain | 2nd | 2016 |
| German | Alsace, France | 2nd | 2001 |
| German | Belgium | 2004 | |
| German | Denmark | 2015 | |
| German | South Tyrol, Italy | 2nd | 2017 |
| Hungarian | Slovakia | 2005 | |
| Hungarian | Slovenia | 2012 | |
| Irish | Northern Ireland | 2nd | 2004 |
| Irish | Republic of Ireland | 2nd | 2016 |
| Italian | Slovenia | 2012 | |
| Kashubian | Poland | 2004 | |
| Ladin | Italy | 2nd | 2016 |
| Latgalian | Latvia | 2009 | |
| Lithuanian | Poland | 2005 | |
| Maltese | Malta | 2013 | |
| Meänkieli and Sweden Finnish | Sweden | 2001 | |
| Manx Gaelic | Isle of Man | 2016 | |
| Nenets, Khanty and Selkup | Russian Federation | 2016 | |
| НЕНЕЦКИЙ, ХАНТЫЙСКИЙ И СЕЛЬКУПСКИЙ ЯЗЫКИ | Российской Федерации | in Russian | 2016 |
| North Frisian | Germany | 3rd | 2015 |
| Occitan | France | 1996 | |
| Polish | Lithuania | 2006 | |
| Romani and Beash | Hungary | 2005 | |
| Romansh | Switzerland | 2017 | |
| Sami | Sweden | 2001 | |
| Scots | Scotland | 2nd | 2017 |
| Serbian | Hungary | 2014 | |
| Slovak | Hungary | 2005 | |
| Slovene | Italy | 2nd | 2004 |
| Slovene | Austria | 2nd | 2005 |
| Sorbian | Germany | 2nd | 2016 |
| Swedish | Finland | 2nd | 2013 |
| Turkish | Greece | 2003 | |
| Ukrainian and Ruthenian | Poland | 2006 | |
| Võro | Estonia | 2007 | |
| Welsh | United Kingdom | 2nd | 2014 |