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Sanita Lazdiņa, Heiko F. Marten, Ilga Šuplinska

• 2008. godā tyka veikts pietejums, kura golvonais mierkis beja raksturuot niulenejū latgalīšu volūdys lūmu izgleiteibys sistemā. Itys roksts prezeņtej byutiskuokūs pietejuma rezultatus. Pietejuma īrūsme sajimta nu „Mercator Education Centre“ (Merkatora izgleiteibys centra), kas dorbojās Nīderlaņdē Ļuvortā (frīzu volūdā — Ljouwert), Frīzejis proviņcis golvyspiļsātā. Piļneigs pietejuma izvārsums ar Merkatora izgleiteibys centra atbolstu publicāts izdavumu serejā „Regional Dossier Series“ (Regionalūs dosje sereja) angļu volūdā. Itys roksts golvonom kuortom dūmuots taidam adresatam, kas mozuok ir saisteits ar Eiropys volūdu izpietis institucejom i kam roksti angļu volūdā var saguoduot izpratnis voi atrasšonys gryuteibys. Partū pietejuma suokumā teik dūts seikuoks metožu i mierķu raksturuojums, paskaidrojūt pietejuma strukturu i rezultatu apkūpuojuma veidu, kai ari dūts puorskots par latgalīšu volūdys lūmu myusdīnu izgleiteibys sistemā. Sacynuojumūs ir īzeimātys nuokūtnis perspektivis i prīšklykumi dabuotūs rezultatu izmontuojumam.
• Our paper presents the most important results of a research carried out throughout 2008 in cooperation with the Mercator Education Centre, the Netherlands. A detailed account of our research has been published in English in the “Regional Dossier Series” of the Mercator Centre. We provide an overview of where the Latgalian language is today present in education, and conclude with an outlook into the future and some suggestions for the use of our results. In our paper we stress that both educational efforts, research and motivation campaigns are needed — for which educational staff, researchers, language policy makers, local authorities, and active organizations and individuals have to cooperate. As a major aim, Latgalian would strongly need support through additional presence in the prestigious domains of language use in society. This is in particular important since some of our informants stressed that they have rather negative expectations for the future — according to some Latgalian activists, a period of enthusiasm after Latvian independence has been replaced by a dominant feeling of resignation. Examples of small languages from all over Europe have shown that only a combination of efforts in several language domains, of which the homes and the educational systems are the most important ones, may have an effect on creating new generations of speakers.