Channel bosses took advice from Welsh broadcaster S4C on catering for an audience which speaks a minority language.

BBC: Brittany joins Celtic TV first

Conversely, the value of a minority language is diminished as people abandon it.

ECONOMIST: Linguistics

But the intolerant actions of these fundamentalists must be considered in the context of a minority language besieged by the culture of a strong neighbour.

ECONOMIST: Boom or bust?

Regional dossiers that aim at providing concise descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union.

UNESCO: Mercator, Netherlands

The EU funds projects to promote regional minority languages, such as the European minority language song contest , and participation at the UN forum on minorities.

BBC: Minority language statement

"Father realised that as Slovenian culture had been repressed by the Serbians and the Austrians, Welsh was a minority language within the British Empire and therefore we had to preserve our language and culture for posterity, " he said.

BBC: Felix Aubel: living in my father's shadow

Other constitutional changes expand the official use of the Albanian language and set a minimum of minority votes needed to pass laws in parliament.

CNN: Fresh clashes in Macedonia

The inflamatory language of dissenting opinions written by justices in the minority has often bolstered this impression.

ECONOMIST: The Supreme Court

Nineveh has Iraq's largest minority of Christians, themselves divided into various sects, some speaking Aramaic, the language of Christ.

ECONOMIST: Iraq