Community language

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn unofficial language spoken by a minority of people.

"Commonly spoken community languages in Australia include Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Greek, Italian, indigenous languages, and so on."

2.NounAn unofficial language spoken as a local lingua franca among people of diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds.

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