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DEFINITION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW For the purposes of the European Charter For Regional Or Minority Languages : "regional or minority languages" means languages that are: #''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'' INFLUENCE OF NUMBER OF SPEAKERS There are many cases when a regional language can claim greater numbers of speakers than certain languages which happen to be Official Language s of sovereign states. For example, Catalan (a regional language of Spain and France , albeit official in Andorra ) has more speakers than Finnish or Danish . RELATIONSHIP WITH OFFICIAL LANGUAGES In some cases, a regional language may be closely related to the state's main language or official language. For example:
In other cases, a regional language may be very different from the state's main language or official language. For example:
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES AS REGIONAL LANGUAGES An official language of a country may also be spoken as a regional language in a region of a neighbouring country. For example:
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