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DESCRIPTION:This presentation traces the development of a Berlin Universi
 ty Alliance-funded student project from "Metrolingualism in Berlin: Decl
 ine or Change in Mother Tongues?" (2023) to the current study "Heritage 
 Speaker Status: Supporting Berlin’s Language Communities" (2026). Situat
 ed in Berlin\, one of the world’s most linguistically diverse cities\, t
 he project examines how heritage languages are used\, maintained\, and s
 upported in an urban context where support structures remain uneven and 
 often difficult to access.\nThe first phase of the project explored atti
 tudes towards heritage languages\, whether they are actively spoken in B
 erlin\, and the domains in which they are used. Based on semi-structured
  qualitative interviews with speakers of thirty-five heritage languages\
 , the study revealed highly differentiated patterns of language use: whi
 le some speakers continue to use their heritage languages actively acros
 s multiple domains\, others use them only in more restricted contexts.\n
 A key finding was that many speakers and communities create and maintain
  events\, networks\, and spaces for language use on their own initiative
 \, often in the absence of formal recognition or institutional support. 
 This shifted our focus from asking whether heritage languages are still 
 spoken to examining how language maintenance is socially sustained despi
 te structural inequalities.\nThe follow-up study investigates how herita
 ge language communities in Berlin organise their activities and what kin
 ds of institutional support are currently lacking or difficult to access
 . Its central aim is to develop concrete ideas for how these communities
  could be better supported through policy measures\, NGOs\, and more acc
 essible funding structures\, framed as a proposal for a "Heritage Speake
 r Status". Methodologically\, the project combines interviews with organ
 isers of grassroots initiatives in Berlin\, speakers of minority and her
 itage languages\, and international NGOs supporting multilingualism\, su
 ch as the Endangered Language Alliance in New York\, with participation 
 in outreach events such as Karneval der Kulturen and 48 Stunden Neukölln
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SUMMARY:Heritage Speaker Status
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LOCATION:stuts79 - DOR 24 1.101
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