"heritage speaker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: heritage speakers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} heritage speaker (plural heritage speakers)
  1. (linguistics) Someone who speaks a heritage language ("one's former native language, lost during childhood or early adulthood, or underdeveloped in favor of a more dominant majority language."). Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-heritage_speaker-en-noun-eqo01iK6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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