Thanks for looking into language-territory data. Whenever possible, try to use official data such as Eurostat. There is an overview at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Foreign_language_learning_statistics , a very useful special at http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_en.pdf and Eurydice http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/Eurydice/documents/key_data_series/143EN.pdf , and quite a bit of detailed data (though not always what we actually need) around http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/education-and-training/data/database .

You may also want to move the reports to their correct component i.e. "supplemental".

P.s.: For now I created http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/ticket/9680 which should address the top 3 languages for each country, it took a while...

Norway isn't part of EC, and as such statistics from EC would not be official for Norway.

In T141650#2522056, @jeblad wrote:

Norway isn't part of EC, and as such statistics from EC would not be official for Norway.

(I suppose you mean EU, not EC.) I think you're confused about Eurostat, it covers Norway too because the ESS includes all EU and EFTA states. See http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/european-statistical-system/overview

EEC, EC, EU, same thing.

Use official statistics for Norway, don't insist on using statistics from other external providers. Eurostat is an external provider of statistics.

This holds for other countries too, use the primary official provider unless there are some specific reason not to use the correct provider.

In T141650#2550019, @jeblad wrote:

EEC, EC, EU, same thing.

Not quite.

Use official statistics for Norway

The sources you mentioned so far include only private websites and https://www.norden.org (which is not a statistics entity, as far as I know). I just gave some advice to improve the sources or add some source where you didn't find any.

You are free to follow the advice or ignore it, as well as to provide sources which you feel are better or "more official" or to just leave your upstream tickets unsourced, but it's pointless to lecture me on your personal beliefs about the status of various entities.

"Samisk, kvensk, romanes og romani er definert som minoritetsspråk i Norge, og dermed beskyttet av Minoritetsspråkpakten." (Sami, Kvensk, Romanes, and Romani, are defined as minority languages in Norway, and derby protected by the Minority Language Charter) statement from the Norwegian Government. From Regjeringen.no: Minoritetsspråkpakten.

Some links for Sami languages

• Reggjeringen.no: Fakta om samiske språk – From the Norwegian Government, the page is about the Sami languages
• Sametinget: Samisk språkundersøkelse viser utfordringer – From the Sami Government, the page is about the statistics survey in 2012
• Nordlandsforskning: Samisk språkundersøkelse 2012 – From Nordlandsforskning, a report about use of and profiency in Sami languages
• Regjeringen.no: DEN EUROPEISKE PAKT OM REGIONS- ELLER MINORITETSSPRÅK, SJETTE PERIODISKE RAPPORT, NORGE – From the Norwegian Government, a report about the current situation for the minority languages

On number of Kven people

"Det er usikkert hvor mange kvener/norskfinner det er i Norge i dag, siden vi ikke registrerer personers etnisitet. 10 000-15 000 er et anslag som ofte benyttes i offentlige dokumenter, men det kan være altfor lavt. Antallet som snakker kvensk, er mye lavere og har sunket dramatisk de siste generasjonene."

Utdanningsdirektoratet: Kvener/norskfinner - Kvenene/norskfinnene i dag

On the language situation

"Høsten 2013 var det 594 elever som valgte finsk som 2. språk, men det er en stor nedgang siden skoleåret 2001/2002, da det var 1073 elever."

Utdanningsdirektoratet: Kvener/norskfinner - Språk

(CLDR still awaits for better sources.)

When someone don't even recognize the Norwegian and Sami government as a valid source, … ;p

It is my understanding that some kind of update is coming…

Seems like unicode.org don't accept or even recognize the Norwegian and Sami government as a valid sources, so I guess this won't happen.