====== Regional Languages (RELQ) ======

RELQ is the name of an [[additional assessments|additional questionnaire]] on the use of common regional languages in the North of the Netherlands, i.e. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_languages|Frysian]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Saxon|Low Saxon]], among adult Lifelines participants. 
Implementation of this questionnaire in [[start|Lifelines]] was initiated by the [[https://www.rug.nl/research/research-let/onderzoek-per-vakgebied/informatiekunde/|department of information science]] of the University of Groningen.\\

===== Protocol =====

132,000 adult participants were invitated to fill in the digital questionnaire on regional language use in November 2021. Non-responders received a personal reminder after 3 weeks.\\
A total of n=~38,500 participants filled in the questionnaire (30%).\\ 

===== Publications =====

  * Buurke R et al. (2024) Intergenerational Language Transmission of Frisian and Low Saxon in the Netherlands. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0261927X241287765
  * Brouwer J et al. (2024) Minority language happiness: The link between social inclusion, well-being, and speaking a regional language in the northern Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amper.2024.100173
  * Buurke R et al. (2024) Multiple estimates of the Frisian and Low Saxon speaker population size in the Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1515/lme.28672125

===== Variables =====

The REL questionnaire consisted of questions on the use of local/regional languages and dialects, such as Frysian and Low Saxon.