Languages of Ostland

Ostland is a European country, located in the most Eastern side of the Scandinavian region. Ostland received a lot of influence of Viking Empires, and later Post-Viking Scandinavian kingdoms which reigned its brother countries Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.

The national language of the country is the Ostlandic language, a North Germanic language of the branch of West Scandinavian, highly related to Norwegian and Icelandic languages. It has two main spoken and writen forms: Modern (known by Low Ostlandic speakers as Urwanspreghe) and Low Ostlandic (Bhabhierspreghe). Low Ostlandic is known as rural form of the language, spoken in villages of difficult access, mainly across the Ostlandic Mountain Line.

Constitutional status
Ostlandic National State Constitution (in Ostlandic: Ostlandisk Natijonal Statkonstitution), approved in 1980 and revisited in 2002, recognizes 4 main status for languages spoken in Ostlandic islands and territories, based on demographic statistics and cultural associations.

Official languages
Ostlandic Constitutions establishes that "the only Official language in the whole plenty of territories is the Ostlandic language", being the National language, main work and learning language in all institutions, corporations, companies and schools based in the country.

In 1980, the English language was recognized by the Constitution as an official language, but "...specifically for the jurisdiction of Saltning Islands ". This was meant to attend islands population's demands, after being a widely spoken language in the region.

Regional languages
This category was first established in early 20th century by Ostlandic Royal Constitution, last approved in 1940, and removed in 1950 after Republican Revolution. It was reestablished in 1952, stating that "Regional languages are National languages that are spoken only in specific regions, counties, islands, cities or kommuner".

Foreign languages
In 2020, Ostlandic National Parliament (Natjonalskfolkskevolgk) recognized English language as nation's official Secondary language, but still not being a national language. The main reason why it is not an Official language is because it is already considered as a Foreign language, only being historically speaked in Saltning Islands, apart from the rest of Ostland.

English
The government's position about English language being an official language in the country varies with the age and ruling party. During 80s and 90s decade, the government refused to recognize English and removed its status of regional language in the Saltning Islands, to prevent any kind of separatist insurgence.