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Poll: How well do younger generations retain their heritage language in your community?
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Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
Slovinsko
Local time: 00:17
angličtina -> slovinčina
+ ...
few words Sep 6

In my place the knowledge of heritage language is getting weaker and weaker generation by generation. You have to communicate with older people in order to know the language but many young don't do that. Than there are newcomers from other, Balkan nations that doesn't help.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 23:17
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalčina
+ ...
N/A Sep 6

AFAIK Mirandês is the only recognised minority language in Portugal. It is spoken in the far north-east of Portugal and has been the subject of a successful effort to revitalise it, which has even led to the publication of a Mirandese–Portuguese dictionary. On the other hand, Barranquenho (the language spoken by the inhabitants of Barrancos, a municipality situated on the left bank of the river Guadiana, right on the border with Spain) is used in everyday life by almost all the inhabitants of... See more
AFAIK Mirandês is the only recognised minority language in Portugal. It is spoken in the far north-east of Portugal and has been the subject of a successful effort to revitalise it, which has even led to the publication of a Mirandese–Portuguese dictionary. On the other hand, Barranquenho (the language spoken by the inhabitants of Barrancos, a municipality situated on the left bank of the river Guadiana, right on the border with Spain) is used in everyday life by almost all the inhabitants of the small town and the surrounding villages. As I am not from those regions, I cannot say any more about its daily use. ▲ Collapse
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Nemecko
Local time: 00:17
Člen (2009)
angličtina -> nemčina
+ ...
Always in use Sep 6

All members of the younger generation of the various nations in my community speak and write their heritage languages on a daily basis. That is why my city is sometimes called "Little Babylon".

[Edited at 2026-09-07 05:36 GMT]

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