# 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.

**Wikidata**: [Q4329264](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4329264)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_language)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/heritage-language


## References

1. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)