heritage language
noun/ˈherɪtɪdʒ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
/ˈherɪtɪdʒ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
- a language that a child learns at home from their parents that is not the main language of the country they are living in
- Within two or three generations most immigrants have lost or almost lost their heritage language.
- The fastest growing heritage language population in the United States is Hispanic Americans.
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