Liet International

Liet International (West Frisian: Liet Ynternasjonaal), formerly Liet-Lávlut, is a song contest for musicians who speak any of Europe's regional or minority languages that was held the first time in Friesland in 2002. The goal of the festival is to boost interest in Europe's minority languages, especially with young people.

Liet International began in 2002 as a spinoff of the Frisian-language song contest Liet (West Frisian for "song"), held annually in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert since 1991. The first three editions of Liet International likewise took place in Leeuwarden. Since 2006 it has been held in a different city each year. The 2006 and 2008 contests, held in the Swedish Sápmi, were titled Liet-Lávlut (lávlut is Northern Sami for "sing").

Since 2008 Liet International has been organized under the patronage of the Council of Europe.

Contests were cancelled in 2007 and 2013 when the hosting organizations, in Narbonne and Corsica respectively, backed out at a late stage. No Liet International was held in 2015, 2016, and 2019.

Qualification

The winners of certain song contests for particular languages or groups of languages automatically qualify as entrants for Liet International. These contests thus function as selection rounds for the international contest. They have included:

• Liet (West Frisian)
• Premiu al Meyor Cantar (Asturian)
• Sámi Grand Prix (Sámi)
• SUNS (minority languages of Italy and the Alpine region)
• Laulun Laulut (minority languages of the Nordic and Baltic regions, 2007)
• Nós Úr (Celtic languages and Scots, 2008-2009)
• Liet Corsica (Corsican, 2012)

Additional entrants are chosen from applying artists by a selection committee.

Liet Ynternasjonaal 2002

The first Liet International song contest was held on April 28, 2002 at the De Harmonie theatre in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, Friesland, the Netherlands. The West Frisian-language Liet contest was held on the previous night, and in a pattern that would be repeated in future editions the winner of Liet went on to represent Friesland in the international contest. However in later years Liet International would be held some months after Liet.

Both the jury and public awards were won by the Catalan band Pomada for their song "En Pere Galleri".

Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing
Finland	Sápmi	Angelit		Sámi		3
Germany	North Frisia	Da Åntretemåntre (frr)		North Frisian
Spain	Basque Country	Bat Bitten		Basque
Poland	Kashubia	ChëCZ		Kashubian
Netherlands	Friesland	Flat Out!	"Fûgelfrij"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2002
United Kingdom	Wales	Gwerinos		Welsh
Ireland	N/A	Le Chéile Trio		Irish
France	Occitania	Mescladissa		Occitan
France	Brittany	Stone Age		Breton		2
Spain	Catalonia	Pomada	"En Pere Gallerí"	Catalan		1 Jury and public awards

Liet Ynternasjonaal 2003

The second Liet International contest was again held at the De Harmonie theatre in Leeuwarden, on November 23, 2003.

Transjoik, a Sámi group from Norway, won the jury award with their song "Mijjajaa". The public award was won by Welsh/Cornish singer Gwenno for her song in Cornish, "Vodya".

Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
Spain	Catalonia	Dept.	"Sensacions"	Catalan		8	36
France	Occitania	Nux Vomica	"Barbet pantaï"	Occitan		4	56
Germany	Sorbs	Awful Noise	"Jarobinka"	Sorbian		9	31
Norway	Sápmi	Transjoik	"Mijjajaa"	Sámi		1 Jury award	70
Ireland	N/A	Briege Murphy	"An Mhuir"	Irish		6	39
United Kingdom	Cornwall	Gwenno	"Vodya"	Cornish		3 Public award	57
Italy	Friuli	Prorastar	"Michi"	Friulian		10	22
United Kingdom	Wales	Epitaff	"Yr ateb"	Welsh		2	66
Spain	Galicia	Anubía	"Ai"	Galician		5	44
Netherlands	Friesland	Bacon and Bones	"It allerheechste guod"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2003	6	39

Liet Ynternasjonaal 2004

The third edition of the contest was held on the 22nd of October, 2004. The venue was once again the De Harmonie theatre in Leeuwarden. Sámi singer Niko Valkeapää won both the jury and the public award with his song "Rabas mielain". This was the second time in a row that the contest was won by the Sámi entry.

Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
Finland	Sápmi	Niko Valkeapää	"Rabas mielain"	Northern Sámi		1 Jury and public awards	91
France	Occitania	Bombes 2 Bal	"Lo Merle"	Occitan		2	63
United Kingdom	Scotland	The Alyth McCormack Band	"Dean cadalan samhach"	Scottish Gaelic		3	61
Spain	Galicia	Uxía	"Cadeas"	Galician		3	61
France	Brittany	EV		Breton		5	52
Italy	Friuli	Kosovni Odpadki	"Bye bye bombe"	Friulian		6	49
United Kingdom	Wales	Elin Fflur		Welsh		7	39
Germany	Sorbs	Istvan Kobjela		Sorbian		8	37
Netherlands	Friesland	Meindert Talma & the Negroes	"Dûnsje wyldekat dûnsje"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2004	9	32
Netherlands	Limburg (Netherlands)	Ondiep		Limburgish		10	25

Liet-Lávlut 2006

Since the Sámi had won two out of the three competitions, the festival was held in Östersund, Sweden, which is the southern reaches of the area, Sápmi, that the Sámi live in the Nordic Countries. Sixty competitors, singing in 25 minority languages, took part in the preliminary elimination round. Eleven songs, representing 11 languages, were selected for the final competition.

Although the winner was selected by the festival's jury, the audience could vote for their favorite artist at the festival, on the Internet and by SMS message. The Sámi duo of Johan Kitti from Sweden and Ellen Sara Bæhr from Norway won the competition with "Luđiin muitalan", sung in Northern Sámi. The audience favorite was Liza Pannetier, with her song in Occitan, "Soleu Rouge".

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	Italy	Friuli	Arbe Garbe	"Oh moj sin"	Friulian		7	55
02	United Kingdom	Scotland	Anna Murray and Iain Finlay Macleod	"An-raoir bha mi coiseachd"	Scottish Gaelic		8	46
03	United Kingdom	Isle of Man	Moot	"Gyn Fockleyn"	Manx		10	38
04	Estonia	Ingria	Raud-Ants	"Kui miä kazvolin kanainõ"	Votic		9	41
05	Spain	Basque Country	Gari	"Hil ez denak"	Basque		11	30
06	France	Occitania	Liza Pannetier	"Solèu Roge"	Occitan		4 Public award	69
07	Netherlands	Friesland	Van Wieren	"Nim dyn tiid"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2005	6	58
08	Sweden	Meänmaa	Jord	"Oonhän meilä vielä kieli"	Meänkieli		5	60
09	Spain	Galicia	Narf	"Santiago"	Galician		2	78
10	Norway /  Sweden	Sápmi	Johan Kitti and Ellen Sara Bæhr	"Luđiin muitalan"	Northern Sámi	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2006	1 Jury award	86
11	Hungary	Romani	Karaván Familia	"Shej baxtali"	Romani		3	77

Liet-Lávlut 2008

The competition took place on 18 October at Kulturens hus in Luleå/Luleju, Sweden. Corsican singer Jacques Culioli won both the jury's and public's awards.

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	Spain	Galicia	Boy Elliott & The Plastic Bags	"Planeta 19"	Galician	Winner A Polo Ghit 2008	10	46
02	Sweden	Meänmaa	Surunmaa	"Tulethan takasi"	Meänkieli	Public award Laulun-Laulut 2007	8	51
03	France	Brittany	Gwennyn	"Bugale Belfast"	Breton	Public award Nòs Ùr 2008	6	54
04	France	Corsica	Jacques Culioli	"Hosanna in excelsis"	Corsican		1 Jury and public awards	80
05	Italy	Arbëreshë	Spasulati	"Botë e shurë"	Arbëreshë		8	51
06	Norway	Sápmi	Elin Kåven	"Áibbas jaska"	Northern Sámi	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2008	2	73
07	Netherlands	Friesland	Jelte Posthumus & Pilatus Pas	"De wiete wyn hellet oan"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2008	6	54
08	Italy	Friuli	Carnicats	"Oz Dream"	Friulian		4	56
09	United Kingdom	Wales	Yr Annioddefol	"Drysu"	Welsh	Jury award Nòs Ùr 2008	11	44
10	Spain	Asturias	Dixebra	"Indios"	Asturian		2	73
11	Russia	Mordovia	Mordens	"Good will blessing"	Mordvinian	Jury award Laulun-Laulut 2007	4	56

Liet International 2009

In January the Board of the Liet Foundation decided to continue under the name Liet International. The 6th competition was held on 31 October 2009, returning to the De Harmonie theater in Leeuwarden.

The Finnish Sámi rock band Somby won the competition with their song "Ii iđit vel", sung in Northern Sámi. The audience favorite was Dr. Drer en Cre Posse from Sardinia, with their song "Apu biu".[1]

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	Spain	Asturias	Alfredo González	"La nada y tu"	Asturian	Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2009	9	40
02	France	Occitania	Zine	"Lo Prince Charmant"	Occitan		10	31
03	Italy	Sardinia	Dr. Drer & CRC posse	"Apu biu"	Sardinian		2 Public award	80
04	Finland	Sápmi	SomBy	"Ii iđit vel"^*	Northern Sami	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2009	1 Jury award	85
05	Italy	Friuli	Lino Straulino	"Doman"	Friulian		3	78
06	Netherlands	Friesland	It Langstme en de Dea	"Wikel"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2009	5	63
07	Ireland	N/A	Fiach	"Sea Táim"	Irish	Jury award Nòs Ùr 2009	4	75
08	Germany	Bremen	De fofftig Penns	"Platt"	Low German		8	48
09	United Kingdom	Scotland	Sunrise not Secular	"Lasair An t-Oidhche"	Scottish Gaelic	Public award Nòs Ùr 2009	7	52
10	Russia	Karelia	Sattuma	"Marjaini-Darjaini"	Karelian		6	62
11	Latvia	Latgale	Sovvaļnīks	"Pats sevī dzeivs"	Latgalian		11	24

• ^ Also known as "Ii iđida".

Liet International 2010

In 2010 Liet International was held in the Breton city of Lorient/An Oriant in France. The contest was won by the band Orka of the Faroe Islands with their song "Rúmdardrongurin". The public award went to the Friulian band R.esistence in Dub and their song "Fieste".

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	Denmark	Faroe Islands	ORKA	"Rúmdardrongurin"	Faroese		1 Jury award	88
02	Spain	Galicia	Mafia Galega	"Billarda Sempre"	Galician		10	29
03	France	Corsica	Stéphane Casalta	"Albasgia"	Corsican	Jury award SUNS 2010	7	59
04	Finland	Vepsia	Jousnen Järved	"Verrez Tullei"	Vepsian		8	45
05	United Kingdom	Scotland	Rachel Walker	"Fada Bhuam"	Scottish Gaelic		5	65
06	Spain	Asturias	Xera	"Tierra"	Asturian	Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2010	2	78
07	Sweden	Sápmi	Pia-Maria Holmgren	"Geaidnu"	Sámi	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2010	9	44
08	Netherlands	Friesland	Equal Souls	"Do swalkest"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2010	3	75
09	France	Brittany	Dom Duff	"Kan an awen"	Breton		11	23
10	Italy	Friuli	R.Esistance in Dub	"Fieste"	Friulian	Public award SUNS 2010	4 Public award	70
11	Ireland	N/A	The Temporary	"Cupan Toast"	Irish		6	62

Liet International 2011

The eighth Liet International was held on November 19, 2011 at the Teatro Giovanni da Udine in Udine/Udin, the historical capital of the Italian region of Friûl.

The Frisian singer Janna Eijer (22) from Jobbegea won the jury prize with her song "Ien klap", while the band Coffeeshock Company from Austria won the public vote with "Gusla mi se je znicila", sung in Burgenland Croatian.

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	Russia	Vepsia	Noid	"Kättepajo"	Vepsian		9	40
02	Switzerland	Canton of Grisons	Rezia Ladina	"Id ès capità"	Romansh	Winner of the Romansh Song Contest	7	55
03	Austria	Burgenland	Coffeeshock Company	"Gusla mi se je znicila"	Burgenland Croatian	Jury award SUNS 2011	3 Public award	80
04	Italy	Friuli	Priska	"Hajra"	Friulian		12	28
05	United Kingdom	Scotland	Macanta	"Gaol"	Scottish Gaelic		4	77
06	Norway	Sápmi	Rolffa	"Gulatgo mu?"	Northern Sámi	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2011	11	32
07	Spain	Basque Country	Siroka	"Hi, vascofona!"	Basque		5	70
08	Italy	Ladinia	Cuntra Löm	"La moncignosa"	Ladin	Public award SUNS 2011	10	35
09	Spain	Asturias	Skama la Rede	"Condenau"	Asturian	Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2011	8	52
10	Netherlands	Friesland	Janna Eijer	"Ien klap"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2011	1 Jury award	83
11	Russia	Udmurtia	Silent Woo Goore	"Kyrdźasa leźom ali" (Кырӟаса лэзём али)^*	Udmurt		2	81
12	Ireland	N/A	Aoife Scott	"Donal Ná Fág"	Irish		6	63

• *^ Misidentified as "Emeze" on the Liet International website etc. "Emeźe" is a different song by the same group.

Liet International 2012

The ninth edition of Liet International was held in Gijón/Xixón, Asturias, Spain, at the Teatru de la Llaboral, on December 1, 2012. Welsh-born Breton singer Lleuwen won the jury prize for her song "Ar Gouloù Bev", while the public prize went to Asturiana Mining Company with "Si nun conoces Vaḷḷouta".

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	France	Corsica	Dopu Cena	"Trasmetta"	Corsican	Winner Liet Corsica 2012	2	86
02	Spain	Basque Country	Enkore	"Muxurik muxu"	Basque		8	41
03	Italy	Alghero	Claudia Crabuzza & Claudio Gabriel Sanna	"Ara"	Catalan (of Alghero)	Jury award and public award SUNS 2012	5	64
04	United Kingdom	Scotland	Brian Ó hEadhra	"Fathainn"	Scottish Gaelic		5	64
05	Russia	Udmurtia	Ivan Belosludtsev & 4 Cheber Pios	"Tau Tynyd" (Тау тыныд)	Udmurt		9	35
06	Spain	Asturias	Asturiana Mining Company	"Si nun conoces Vaḷḷouta"	Asturian	Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2012	4 Public award	66
07	Netherlands	Friesland	Yldau	"Fjoer"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2012	7	52
08	Italy	Friuli	JoNoKognos	"Mai mai"	Friulian	Public award SUNS 2012 (2nd place)	11	32
09	France	Brittany	Lleuwen	"Ar Gouloù Bev"	Breton		1 Jury award	87
10	Norway	Sápmi	Inger Karoline Gaup	"Oainnát go?"	Northern Sámi	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2012	9	35
11	Germany	Lower Saxony	The Voodoolectric	"Slickermuul"	Low German		3	76

Liet International 2014

The 2014 contest was held in Oldenburg, Germany. 19-year-old musician Martina Iori, from Val di Fassa in the north of Italy, won the jury award for her song "Via con mia mùsega", sung in Ladin.

In this year the audience award was replaced by a musicians' award voted on by the contestants themselves. This was won by Aila-Duo from Finland and their song in Aanaar Sámi "Naharij kandâ".

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	Spain	Asturias	Banda de Gaitas El Trasno	"Volviche"	Galician-Asturian	Winner Premiu Meyor Cantar 2014	7	36
02	United Kingdom	Scotland	Willie Campbell	"Fir Chlis"	Scottish Gaelic		9	30
03	Portugal	Minde	Bandalheira	"Baracho ancho Pereira"	Minderico		10	21
04	France	Brittany	Adnoz	"Un dra nevez"	Breton		4	53
05	Italy	Sardinia	Forefingers Up! – A new Balentia's joint	"Sa luxi 'e su soli"	Sardinian/Italian		3	56
06	Netherlands	Friesland	Bruno Rummler	"Beppe"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2014	5	51
07	Finland	Inari	Aila-Duo	"Naharij kandâ"	Aanaar Sámi	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2014	2 Musicians' award	64
08	Germany	Lower Saxony	The Paintbox	"Söss söss söss / Dat Slecht"	Low Saxon		6	40
09	Italy	Ladinia	Martina Iori	"Via con mia mùsega"	Ladin	Winner SUNS 2014	1 Jury award	73
10	Russia	Mari El	Marina Sadova	"Shochmo keche" (Шочмо кече)	Mari		7	36

Detailed International Jury Votes
Draw	Song											Total
1	"Volviche"	-	5	6	5	5	2	2	1	5	5	36
2	"Fir Chlis"	1	-	4	8	1	7	4	5	4	3	30
3	"Baracho ancho Pereira"	2	3	-	4	6	1	1	2	1	1	21
4	"Un dra nevez"	6	10	3	-	7	3	6	8	6	4	53
5	"Sa luxi 'e su soli"	5	2	7	10	-	8	5	10	3	6	56
6	"Beppe"	7	4	5	7	3	5	8	4	8	-	51
7	"Naharij kandâ"	10	6	8	6	4	-	3	7	10	10	64
8	"Söss söss söss / Dat Slecht"	3	7	1	3	10	6	-	6	2	2	40
9	"Via con mia mùsega"	8	8	10	8	8	10	7	-	7	7	73
10	"Shochmo keche"	4	1	2	2	2	4	10	3	-	8	36
International Jurors
– José Manuel Tejedor Mier – Alex MacDonald – Tiago Mendes Rodrigues – Maodez Huran – Claudia Aru Carreras – Nils Johan Bars – Stefan Meyer – Marco Stolfo — Eric Yuzykayn — Sjoerd Bootsma

Liet International 2017

The 11th Liet International song contest was scheduled to be held in late 2016 in Kautokeino/Guovdageaidnu, Norway, the home of the Sámi Grand Prix.[2] However, due to a lack of funds[3] the contest was rescheduled to fall on April 13 2017, as part of the Sámi Easterfestival.[4]

For a second time in the history of the contest, a local singer, Norwegian Sami-speaker Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, won the contest with her song "Luoddaearru” (“Crossroad”) in addition to being awarded the Musicians' award.

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
01	United Kingdom	Scotland	Mary Ann Kennedy & Friends	“Grioglachan” (“Constellation”)	Scottish Gaelic		6	21
02	Luxembourg	N/A	La Schlapp Sauvage	“Blanne Käpitan” (“Blind captain”)	Luxembourgish		8	13
03	Russia	Bashkortostan	Zaman	“Hïwïtma” (Һыуытма) (“Don’t be cold”)	Bashkir		4	31
04	Suriname	N/A	Ruben Semmoh & Romeo Sumter	“Saka Na Pin” (“Heal the pain”)	Sranan Tongo		5	25
05	France	Brittany	UKAN	“Den ebet all” (“No one else”)	Breton		6	21
06	Russia	Udmurtia	Pavel Aleksandrov & Dmitry Yakimov	“Van'myz ortche” (Ваньмыз ортче) (“Everything will pass”)	Udmurt		3	38
07	Netherlands	Friesland	Aafke Zuidersma	“Minsk fan wearde” (“Man of value”)	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2016	2	39
08	Norway	Sápmi	Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen	"Luoddaearru” (“Crossroad”)	Northern Sami	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2016	1 Jury award and Musicians' award	44

Liet International 2018

The 12th Liet International song contest was held on May 23 2018 at Neushoorn Leeuwarden as part of LF2018 (Leeuwarden's stint as European Capital of Culture).

No.	Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language	Qualification	Placing	Points
1	Suriname	N/A	Afro-Carib Ensemble	"Dansi nanga yu"	Sranan Tongo		9	75
2	Spain	Galicia	Familia Caamagno	"Lausanne"[5]	Galician		12	61
3	Belgium	Antwerp	Jenne Decleir	“Dans met mij”	Antwerps		10	73
4	Russia	Komi Republic	Evgenia Udalova	“Voj” (Вой)	Komi		14	26
5	Netherlands	Friesland	Stonecrobs	“Yn Frijheid Kinsto Libje”	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2018	5	111
6	Russia	Bashkortostan	Zaman	“Alga” (Алга)	Bashkir		7	110
7	United Kingdom	Scotland	Gerda Stevenson & Kyrre Slind	“Aye The Gean”	Scots		3	119
8	United Kingdom	Scotland	Whyte	“Tairm”	Scottish Gaelic		11	71
9	Spain	Galicia	Nastasia Zürcher	“Espertos”	Galician		2 Musicians’ award	133
10	Romania	Aromanians	Pira	"Mash a meu"[6][7]	Aromanian		13	49
11	United Kingdom	Cornwall	The Rowan Tree	“Tresor”	Cornish		1 Jury award	141
12	Netherlands	Friesland	Luko Reinders	"Kom rin mei my"	West Frisian	Winner Liet 2017	4	116
13	Norway	Sápmi	Inger Karoline Gaup & band	“Oahppan lean”	Northern Sámi	Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2018	5	111
14	France	Jura	Billy Fumey	“Bondze Heidi”	Franco-Provençal		8	78

Liet International 2020

The 13th Liet International contest was due to be held on 3 - 4 April 2020 in Aabenraa, Denmark, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Prior to this, there was still a full list of acts released:

Country	Region	Artist	Song	Language
Denmark	Region of Southern Denmark	63-72	"Mein kleines lied"	South Jutlandic/German
Austria	Carinthia	Bališ	"Spal bomo če smo hin"	Carinthian Slovene
United Kingdom	Cornwall	Brother Sea	“Oll 'Vel Onen”	Cornish
Italy	Sardinia	Bumbe Orchestra	“Cala Sinzias"	Sardinian
Spain	Galicia	Carolina Rubirosa	“Sozinha”	Galician
United Kingdom	Isle of Man	Clash Vooar	“Lhiggeyder Folley"	Manx
Germany	Northern Germany^*	Die Tüdelband	“Buten an't Meer”	Low German
Switzerland	Canton of Grisons	Fiona Fiasco	“Mona Lisa”	Romansh
France	Alsace	Isabelle	“Waje de Litt”	Alsatian
Italy	South Tyrol	Jimmi Henndreck	"Nairobi"	South Tyrolean German
Russia	Tatarstan	Juna	“Yashel Kuzle”	Tatar
Spain	Asturias	Luis Nuñez y los Folganzanes	"Tengo un sitiu pa ti"	Asturian
United Kingdom	Scotland	Marcas Mac an Tuairneir le Bogha-Frois	“Dumbbells”	Scottish Gaelic
Germany	Heligoland	Noctiluca	“Iaan”	Heligoland Frisian
Spain	Catalonia	Roger Argemí	“La fina línia”	Catalan
Sweden	Sápmi	Saara Hermansson	“Mov laavlom”	Southern Sami
Netherlands	Friesland	Sequens	“Do bist frij”	Frisian
Germany	Schleswig-Holstein^**	Sølo	“Kærestesangen”	Danish
Austria	Burgenland	Turbokrowodn	“Mila moja”	Burgenland Croatian
Russia	Bashkortostan	Zaman	“Aida Yanga”	Bashkir

• *^ Although the Low German dialect is spoken throughout Northern Germany, the group hail specifically from Hamburg.
• **^ Specifically the region of Southern Schleswig.

Language history

All told, fifty-six languages have been represented at the contest at least once (counting the canceled 2020 edition). West Frisian is the only language to have appeared at every contest, as well as one of only two to have been represented by two different entries at the same contest (the other being Galician, and both occurred at the 2018 contest). Scotland is the only region to be represented by two languages at the same contest, once again at the 2018 contest (Scottish Gaelic and Scots). The only non-European language to have appeared at the contest is Sranan Tongo. The Netherlands and the United Kingdom have participated the most, with regional entries in all 13 countries, while France and Spain have only missed one each. Languages representing Belgium, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, and Romania have each only appeared once. Russia is the country with the most regional languages featured at the contest, totaling eight.

N. Country Language(s) 8  Russia Bashkir Karelian Komi Mari Moksha Tatar Udmurt Veps 6  Italy Alghero Catalan Arbëresh Friulian Ladin Sardinian South Tyrolean German 5  France Alsatian Breton Corsican Franco-Provençal Occitan

N. Country Language(s) 5  Germany Danish Heligoland Frisian Low German North Frisian Sorbian  Spain Asturian Basque Catalan Galician Galician-Asturian  United Kingdom Cornish Manx Scots Scottish Gaelic Welsh 4  Finland Inari Sami Northern Sami Sami Veps N. Country Language(s) 4  Sweden Meänkieli Northern Sami Sami Southern Sami 2  Austria Burgenland Croatian Carinthian Slovene  Denmark Faroese South Jutlandic/German  Netherlands Limburgish West Frisian  Norway Northern Sami Sami 1  Belgium Antwerps  Estonia Votic  Hungary Romani  Ireland Irish  Latvia Latgalian  Luxembourg Luxembourgish  Poland Kashubian N. Country Language(s) 1  Portugal Minderico  Romania Aromanian  Suriname Sranan Tongo   Switzerland Romansh

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