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Languages under Investigation in ELE

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LanguageEU languageEndangered languagePrimary informantSecondary informantsMETA-NET White PaperELE White Paper Update
BulgarianYesNoInstitute for Bulgarian Language “Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin” (IBL)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Bulgarian (2012)Bulgarian (2022)
CroatianYesNoUniversity of Zagreb (FFZG)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Croatian (2012)Croatian (2022)
CzechYesNoCharles University (CUNI)Institute of the Czech Language of the Czech Academy of SciencesCzech (2012)Czech (2022)
DanishYesNoUniversity of Copenhagen (UCPH)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Danish (2012)Danish (2022)
DutchYesNoDutch Language Institute (INT)University of Antwerp (UANTW)Dutch (2012)Dutch (2022)
EnglishYesNoUniversity of Sheffield (USFD)Dubin City University (DCU)English (2012)English (2022)
EstonianYesNoUniversity of Tartu (UTART)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Estonian (2012)Estonian (2022)
FinnishYesNoUniversity of Helsinki (UHEL)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Finnish (2012)Finnish (2022)
FrenchYesNoFrench National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)French (2012)French (2022)
GermanYesNoGerman Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)University of Vienna (UVIE)German (2012)German (2022)
GreekYesNoResearch Centre “Athena” (ILSP)University of Cyprus (UCY)Greek (2012)Greek (2022)
HungarianYesNoHungarian Research Centre for Linguistics (NYTK)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Hungarian (2012)Hungarian (2022)
IrishYesNoDubin City University (DCU)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Irish (2012)Irish (2022)
ItalianYesNoFondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Italian (2012)Italian (2022)
LatvianYesNoInstitute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia (IMCS)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Latvian (2012)Latvian (2022)
LithuanianYesNoInstitute of the Lithuanian Language (LKI)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Lithuanian (2012)Lithuanian (2022)
MalteseYesNoUniversity of Malta (UM)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Maltese (2012)Maltese (2022)
PolishYesNoPolish Academy of Science (IPIPAN)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Polish (2012)Polish (2022)
PortugueseYesNoUniversity of Lisbon (FCULisbon)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Portuguese (2012)Portuguese (2022)
Romanian; Moldavian; MoldovanYesNoRomanian Academy (ICIA); European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Romanian (2012)Romanian (2022)
SlovakYesNoSlovak Academy of Sciences (JULS)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Slovak (2012)Slovak (2022)
SloveneYesNoJozef Stefan Institute (JSI)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Slovene (2012)Slovenian (2022)
SpanishYesNoBarcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)Spanish (2012)Spanish (2022)
SwedishYesNoRoyal Institute of Technology (KTH)Swedish (2012)Swedish (2022)
AlbanianNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
AlsatianNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
BasqueNoNoUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)European Language Equality Network (ELEN)Basque (2012)Basque (2022)
BosnianNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)Bosnian (2022)
Carpathian-GermanNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
Carpatho-RusynNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
Catalan, ValencianNoNoBarcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)Catalan (2012)Catalan (2022)
FaroeseNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic StudiesCovered in the Report on the Nordic Minority Languages (2022)
Frisian (Western, Northern, Eastern)NoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
GalicianNoNoUniversity of Vigo (UVIGO)European Language Equality Network (ELEN)Galician (2012)Galician (2022)
IcelandicNoNoÁrni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (SAM)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Icelandic (2012)Icelandic (2022)
LatgalianNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
LezghinNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
LuxembourgishNoNoLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Luxembourgish (2022)
MacedonianNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
MeskhetianNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
MirandeseNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk)NoNoLanguage Council of Norway (LCNOR)European Federation of National Institutes for Languages (EFNIL)Norwegian (Bokmål) (2012); Norwegian (Nynorsk) (2012)Norwegian (2022)
OccitanNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
PlattdeutschNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Réunion CreoleNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
SerbianNoNoUniversity of BelgradeSerbian (2012)Serbian (2022)
SicilianNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Southern ItalianNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Tornedalian FinnishNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)Covered in the Report on the Nordic Minority Languages (2022)
TurkishNoNoEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
VenetianNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
WalserNoNoEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
WelshNoNoBangor University (BNGR)European Language Equality Network (ELEN)Welsh (2012)Welsh (2022)
AragoneseNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
ArbereshNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Aromanian/ArmanNoYesEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)European Language Equality Network (ELEN)
AsturianNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
BretonNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
CimbrianNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
CornishNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
EmilianNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Franco ProvencalNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
FriulianNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
GalloNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Apulia-Calabrian GreekNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Indigenous Languages in GuyaneNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
JerriaisNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
KarelianNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)Covered in the Report on the Nordic Minority Languages (2022)
KashubianNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
LadinNoYesEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
LigurianNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
LombardNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
ManxNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
MochenoNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
PicardNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
PiedmonteseNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
RomagnolNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
RomaniNoYesEuropean Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)Covered in the Report on the Nordic Minority Languages (2022)
Saami (North, South, Inari, Skolt, Kildin, Pite, Lule)NoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)Covered in the Report on the Nordic Minority Languages (2022)
Sardinian
NoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM)
Scottish GaelicNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Sorbian (Lower, Upper)NoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
TatarNoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Võro (Seto, Mulgi, Tarto)NoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)
Yiddish (Eastern, Western)NoYesEuropean Language Equality Network (ELEN)Covered in the Report on the Nordic Minority Languages (2022)