In this article we will address the topic of Regional language, which has generated great interest and debate among specialists and fans alike. For a long time, Regional language has been the object of study and research in various fields, being a topic that transcends geographical and cultural barriers. Throughout history, Regional language has played a crucial role in the lives of many people, influencing everything from individual decisions to major world events. Through this analysis, we will seek to understand the importance and impact that Regional language has had on our society, as well as explore new perspectives and approaches that allow us to delve deeper into its meaning and relevance today.
traditionally used within a given territory of a State by nationals of that State who form a group numerically smaller than the rest of the State's population and
different from the official language(s) of that State
Recognition of regional or minority languages must not be confused with recognition as an official language.
Low German (also referred to as Low Saxon), an officially recognized regional language in Germany and the Netherlands, the direct descendant of Old Saxon. Sometimes (e.g. by nds and nds-nl Wikipedia) considered two languages divided by today’s Netherlands–German border on account of Dutch influences in the west and German influences in the east; closely related to Frisian, more distantly to German.
Aranese, Catalan, and Galician are each, in the regions where they are the autochthonous language, co-official in status with Castilian (Spanish) which is official everywhere in the Kingdom of Spain.
Occitan, most widely spoken across the Pyrenees in France and Catalonia, together with Catalan, forms a subgroup of Romance languages linguistically intermediate between French and the Ibero-Romance languages of Spain and Portugal. Aranese is a subdialect of Gascon
Chittagonian, a regional language of parts of the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh, is often considered a dialect of Bengali but is also sometimes seen as a separate language.
In other cases, a regional language may be very different from the state's main language or official language. For example: