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'indigenous languages' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to languages spoken by the original inhabitants of a particular area, often before the arrival of settlers from other areas. For example: "The indigenous languages of the Americas are increasingly being passed down to younger generations."
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Some have been adopted from neighbouring indigenous languages.
Uganda's indigenous languages are coextensive with its different ethnic groups.
Thirty-six indigenous languages have finally been officially recognised.
Compulsory elementary education was introduced, and the Bible was translated into the indigenous languages.
The Tigrinya language is one of two major indigenous languages in Eritrea.
A number of informal newsletters are also published in indigenous languages.
Black South Africans could use their indigenous languages for religious instruction, music and physical education.
Reviving Indigenous languages is in itself a response to a history of oppression and denial.
The ice action plan will include education programs in schools and awareness paraphernalia in Indigenous languages.
Some two-fifths of state residents speak indigenous languages, notably Zapotec, Mixtec, Mazatec, Chinantec, and Mixé.
All the knowledge embedded in our Indigenous languages is locked away from the vast majority.
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