"minority language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minority languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} minority language (plural minority languages)
  1. (sociolinguistics) A language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory. Wikipedia link: minority language Categories (topical): Languages, Sociolinguistics Related terms: official language Translations (language spoken by a minority): minderheidstaal (Afrikaans), llingua minoritaria [feminine] (Asturian), yezh bihanniver (Breton), llengua minoritària [feminine] (Catalan), 少數族群語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 少数族群语言 (shǎoshù zúqún yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), menšinový jazyk [masculine] (Czech), mindretalssprog (Danish), minderheidstaal (Dutch), minoritata lingvo (Esperanto), vähemuskeel (Estonian), vähemmistökieli (Finnish), langue minoritaire [feminine] (French), lingua minoritaria [feminine] (Galician), უმცირესობათა ენა (umciresobata ena) (Georgian), Minderheitensprache [feminine] (German), שפת מיעוטים [feminine] (Hebrew), kisebbségi nyelv (Hungarian), minnihlutamál (Icelandic), minoritata linguo (Ido), lingua minoritaria [feminine] (Italian), 少数言語 (Japanese), minoritātes valoda [feminine] (Latvian), minuriteettikieli (Meänkieli), vähemistökieli (Meänkieli), minoritetsspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), minoritetsspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زبان اقلیت (Persian), língua minoritária [feminine] (Portuguese), mion-chànan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), lengua minoritaria [feminine] (Spanish), minoritetsspråk [neuter] (Swedish), azınlık dili (Turkish), ngôn ngữ thiểu số (Vietnamese)

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
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      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "word": "vähemuskeel"
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      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umciresobata ena",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "word": "უმცირესობათა ენა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "word": "kisebbségi nyelv"
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      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "word": "minnihlutamál"
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "word": "minoritata linguo"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lingua minoritaria"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
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      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "word": "زبان اقلیت"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
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      "sense": "language spoken by a minority",
      "word": "azınlık dili"
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