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heritage language

minor non-prestigious language, most often used in a family and different from the main language of the environment common in the given territory; as a rule, speakers of such languages are bilingual, and this language is their native language.
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heritage language

Summary

heritage language is a type of language[1]. It draws 494 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #12 of 78).[2]

Key Facts

  • heritage language's instance of is recorded as type of language[3].
  • heritage language's subclass of is recorded as language[4].
  • heritage language's subclass of is recorded as minority language[5].
  • heritage language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rtb1[6].
  • heritage language's different from is recorded as home language[7].
  • heritage language's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776425127[8].
  • heritage language's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2776425127[9].
  • heritage language's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 115572[10].

Why It Matters

heritage language draws 494 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #12 of 78).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). heritage language. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/heritage-language
MLA “heritage language.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/heritage-language.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_heritage-language_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{heritage language}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/heritage-language}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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