heritage language

1. The language of one's ancestors, especially a language one would like to learn.

2. A minority language that one acquires as a first language but uses and/or is exposed to less later in life in favor of a more dominant majority language.

   Spanish is considered a heritage language in the United States.

1. French is Tom's heritage language.

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2. Yiddish is a heritage language with hundreds of thousands of native speakers, mainly in the religious community of Hassidim.

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