# Language news, Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's language news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/language-news/2026-11-03/

## Andorra survey: Catalan slips as first everyday language, Spanish leads at home

Policy. First survey since Law 6/2024 tightened Catalan rules for business and administration. Catalan still leads in customer-facing work, but Spanish now leads at home and among friends.

Source: Andorra Recerca + Innovació, https://ari.ad/noticies/ari-presenta-resultats-lenquesta-coneixements-usos

## Burkina Faso extends national-language primary teaching to 8,743 schools

Education. Moves 13 national languages from a 955-school pilot to the main medium of first-year teaching nationwide, with French as second language. Teachers report express training and some cannot speak their zone's language.

Source: Agence d'Information du Burkina, https://www.aib.media/?p=172518