Phrase guide

community language

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An unofficial language spoken by a minority of people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociology

Examples

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

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociology

Examples

  • 1985 UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African community languages and their use in literacy and education : a regional survey. Dakar : UNESCO. Such languages, which serve the purposes of general communication over fairly wide areas within countries, are what are referred to as the community languages of Africa.

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noun

Meaning 3

Any of the official languages of the European Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 社團語言 /社团语言 (shètuán yǔyán) — language spoken by a minority of people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社區語言 /社区语言 (shèqū yǔyán) — language spoken by a minority of people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 團體語言 /团体语言 (tuántǐ yǔyán) — language spoken by a minority of people
  • Finnish: vähemmistökieli — language spoken by a minority of people
  • Russian: язы́к общи́ны (jazýk obščíny) — language spoken by a minority of people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐盟官方語言 /欧盟官方语言 (Ōuméng guānfāng yǔyán) — official language of the EU
  • Finnish: yhteisökieli — official language of the EU
  • French: langue officielle de l'Union européenne — official language of the EU