heritage language
noun /ˈherɪtɪdʒ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
/ˈherɪtɪdʒ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
- a language that a child learns at home from their parents that is not the main language of the country they are living in
传承语言：儿童在家中向父母学习的语言，不是他们所居住国家的主要语言 - Within two or three generations most immigrants have lost or almost lost their heritage language.
在两三代之内，大多数移民已经失去或几乎失去了他们的传统语言。 - The fastest growing heritage language population in the United States is Hispanic Americans.
美国增长最快的传统语言人口是西班牙裔美国人。
- Within two or three generations most immigrants have lost or almost lost their heritage language.