"Local language" redirects here. For the concept in formal language theory, see Local language (formal language).
Not to be confused with National language or Nation language.
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A regional language is a language spoken in a region of a sovereign state, whether it be a small area, a federated state or province or some wider area.
Internationally, for the purposes of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, "regional or minority languages" means languages that are:
traditionally used within a given territory of a State by nationals of that State who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the State's population and
different from the official language(s) of that State[1]
Recognition of regional or minority languages must not be confused with recognition as an official language.
^"European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages". Council of Europe. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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