minority language

noun

A language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory.

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Meanings

nounminority language (plural minority languages)

plural minority languages

  1. human sciencesA language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory.

Translations

Afrikaans minderheidstaal
  • minderheidstaallanguage spoken by a minority
Catalan llengua minoritària
  • llengua minoritàrialanguage spoken by a minority
Chinese Mandarin 少數族群語言 /少数族群语言
  • 少數族群語言 /少数族群语言 (shǎoshù zúqún yǔyán)language spoken by a minority
Czech menšinový jazyk
  • menšinový jazyklanguage spoken by a minority
Danish mindretalssprog
  • mindretalssproglanguage spoken by a minority
Dutch minderheidstaal
  • minderheidstaallanguage spoken by a minority
Esperanto minoritata lingvo
  • minoritata lingvolanguage spoken by a minority
Estonian vähemuskeel
  • vähemuskeellanguage spoken by a minority
Finnish vähemmistökieli
  • vähemmistökielilanguage spoken by a minority
French langue minoritaire
  • langue minoritairelanguage spoken by a minority
German Minderheitensprache
  • Minderheitensprachelanguage spoken by a minority
Hebrew שפת מיעוטים
  • שפת מיעוטיםlanguage spoken by a minority
Hungarian kisebbségi nyelv
  • kisebbségi nyelvlanguage spoken by a minority
Icelandic minnihlutamál
  • minnihlutamállanguage spoken by a minority
Italian lingua minoritaria
  • lingua minoritarialanguage spoken by a minority
Japanese 少数言語
  • 少数言語 (shōsū gengo)language spoken by a minority
Korean 소수언어, 소수어
  • 소수언어 (sosueoneo)language spoken by a minority
  • 소수어 (sosueo)language spoken by a minority
Latvian minoritātes valoda
  • minoritātes valodalanguage spoken by a minority
Norwegian Bokmål minoritetsspråk
  • minoritetsspråklanguage spoken by a minority
Persian زبان اقلیت
  • زبان اقلیتlanguage spoken by a minority
Polish język mniejszości
  • język mniejszościlanguage spoken by a minority
Portuguese língua minoritária
  • língua minoritárialanguage spoken by a minority
Russian язы́к меньшинства́
  • язы́к меньшинства́ (jazýk menʹšinstvá)language spoken by a minority
Scottish Gaelic mion-chànan
  • mion-chànanlanguage spoken by a minority
Spanish lengua minoritaria
  • lengua minoritarialanguage spoken by a minority
Swedish minoritetsspråk
  • minoritetsspråklanguage spoken by a minority
Tamil சிறுபான்மை மொழி
  • சிறுபான்மை மொழி (ciṟupāṉmai moḻi)language spoken by a minority
Turkish azınlık dili
  • azınlık dililanguage spoken by a minority
Vietnamese ngôn ngữ thiểu số
  • ngôn ngữ thiểu sốlanguage spoken by a minority
Cite this entry
APA

minority language. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minority%20language

MLA

“minority language.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minority%20language. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minority language,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minority%20language.

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