What is Minority language?
A '''minority language''' is a [[language]] spoken by a [[Minority group|minority]] of the [[population]]. There are 196 [[Sovereign state|sovereign states]] and about 5,000 to 7,000 [[List of languages by name|languages]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ethnologue.com/statistics|title = Ethnologue statistics|website = Summary by world area {{!}} Ethnologue|publisher = SIL}}</ref> This makes most languages in every country are a minority language. Some minority languages are also [[Official language|official languages]]. This happens with [[Irish language|Irish]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. == Related pages == * [[Endangered language]] * [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]] * [[Minority group]] * [[Nationalism]] * [[Regional language]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090623045825/http://www.mikroglottika.com/publications.html] * [http://ppooii.com Minorities language tool] * [http://www.formaparis.com/ Sardinian language's office – University of Cagliari] {{Authority control}} [[Category:Languages]]