"community language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: community languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} community language (plural community languages)
  1. (sociology, linguistics) An unofficial language spoken by a minority of people. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Sociology Translations (language spoken by a minority of people): 社團語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 社团语言 (shètuán yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 社區語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 社区语言 (shèqū yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 團體語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 团体语言 (tuántǐ yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), vähemmistökieli (Finnish), язы́к общи́ны (jazýk obščíny) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-community_language-en-noun-C0TRcGHi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociology Disambiguation of 'language spoken by a minority of people': 62 38
  2. (sociology, linguistics) An unofficial language spoken as a local lingua franca among people of diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Sociology
    Sense id: en-community_language-en-noun-6qUKwO5v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociology

Inflected forms

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