Sentence examples for a minority language from inspiring English sources

Conversely, the value of a minority language is diminished as people abandon it.

Use of a minority language is particularly valuable in the food industry, allowing producers to highlight origin and quality.

As a rule of thumb, say linguists, a minority language will die out if it is spoken by fewer than 70% of the population.

Many people still think that a minority language makes children confused and puts them at a disadvantage at school," said Antonella Sorace of the University of Edinburgh.

In the early 21st century, some 300,000 Crimean Tatars resided in Crimea, and the Ukrainian government conferred special status to Crimean Tatar as a minority language.

Among its provisions, the constitutional revisions would make Berber -- a minority language in Morocco -- an official language alongside Arabic, and would explicitly grant the government executive powers.

Over 80% of children from all minority language groups watched it before starting school.

For example, there is no health information material at the local health stations written in any minority language.

Although Sami is not a national language of Finland like Finnish and Swedish, its status as a regional minority language is guaranteed by the Sami Language Act (2004).

The Sami language was recognised as an official minority language in 2000.

The pro-Russian faction of the Party of the Regions pushed for Russian to be an ethnic minority language.