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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "heritage languages",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "heritage language (plural heritage languages)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"word": "heritage speaker"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "56 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The language of one's ancestors, especially a language one would like to learn."
],
"id": "en-heritage_language-en-noun-ASLAuPiB",
"links": [
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"ancestor",
"ancestor"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the language of one's ancestors",
"word": "származási nyelv"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the language of one's ancestors",
"word": "örökségnyelv"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Spanish is considered a heritage language in the United States.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One's former native language, lost during childhood or early adulthood, or underdeveloped in favor of a more dominant majority language."
],
"id": "en-heritage_language-en-noun-SWUFrCbO",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"native language",
"native language"
],
[
"majority",
"majority"
],
[
"language",
"language"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) One's former native language, lost during childhood or early adulthood, or underdeveloped in favor of a more dominant majority language."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 95",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "langue d’héritage"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 95",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"word": "származási nyelv"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 95",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"word": "örökségnyelv"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 95",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "língua de herança"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 95",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lengua heredada"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 95",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "arvspråk"
}
]
}
],
"word": "heritage language"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "heritage languages",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "heritage language (plural heritage languages)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "heritage speaker"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The language of one's ancestors, especially a language one would like to learn."
],
"links": [
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"ancestor",
"ancestor"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Linguistics"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Spanish is considered a heritage language in the United States.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One's former native language, lost during childhood or early adulthood, or underdeveloped in favor of a more dominant majority language."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"native language",
"native language"
],
[
"majority",
"majority"
],
[
"language",
"language"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) One's former native language, lost during childhood or early adulthood, or underdeveloped in favor of a more dominant majority language."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the language of one's ancestors",
"word": "származási nyelv"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the language of one's ancestors",
"word": "örökségnyelv"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "langue d’héritage"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"word": "származási nyelv"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"word": "örökségnyelv"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "língua de herança"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lengua heredada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one's former native language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "arvspråk"
}
],
"word": "heritage language"
}
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