text: It only applies to languages traditionally used by the nationals of the State Parties ( thus excluding languages used by recent immigrants from other states ) , which significantly differ from the majority or official language ( thus excluding what the state party wishes to consider as mere local dialects of the official or majority language ) and that either have a territorial basis ( and are therefore traditionally spoken by populations of regions or areas within the State ) or are used by linguistic minorities within the State as a whole ( thereby including such languages as Yiddish and Romani , which are used over a wide geographic area ) .
simplified: It only applies to languages traditionally used by the nationals of the State Parties which have a lot of differences from the majority or official language . This means that the treaty does not protect languages used by recent immigrants from other countries .