minority language
C3814
concept
A minority language is a language spoken by a smaller segment of a population within a country or region, often lacking official status and facing varying degrees of social, political, and economic marginalization.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| minority language canonical | 117 |
| regional language | 60 |
| minority languages | 4 |
| heritage language | 2 |
| minority language variety | 2 |
| زبان محلی | 2 |
| minority language in Greece | 1 |
| minority language in Italy | 1 |
| minority language in North America | 1 |
| minority language in the United States | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: minority language
Generated description
A minority language is a language spoken by a smaller segment of a population within a country or region, often lacking official status and facing varying degrees of social, political, and economic marginalization.
Instances (171)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| اشکونی | زبان محلی |
| Inari Sámi | — |
| Llingua Llïonesa | — |
| Urum | — |
| Kildin Sámi | — |
| Judezmo Greek | — |
| Ligurian language | — |
| Kumandin Turkic | — |
| Tofa | — |
| Pa-Hng | — |
| Louisiana French | regional language |
| Sassarese | regional language |
| Sardinian language | — |
| Are Bhashe | regional language |
| Garifuna | — |
| Dutch Low Saxon | regional language |
| Bagvalal language | — |
| Karata language | — |
| Nawat | — |
| Grecanico | — |
| Métis French | — |