Currently, Regional language has gained great relevance in different areas of society. Its impact has been felt in the economy, politics, culture and people's daily lives. This phenomenon has aroused great interest and has generated controversy in various sectors, who seek to understand the implications and consequences that Regional language has in today's society. This is why it is crucial to explore this issue in depth, analyzing its causes, effects and possible solutions to address the challenges it poses. In this article, the impact of Regional language on different aspects of modern life will be comprehensively addressed, with the aim of providing the reader with a complete and detailed vision of this issue that is so relevant 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: