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

相反，少数人使用的语言会遭到人们抛弃，其价值便会随之降低。

Cherokee is far from the only minority language threatened with demise.

切诺基语远非唯一受到消亡威胁的少数民族语言。

Every five years, the U.S. Census Bureau chooses which minority language groups will receive help with information in their native language.

每五年，美国人口普查局就会选择哪些语言少数群体将会获得母语信息方面的帮助。

Quite often, governments try to kill off a minority language by banning its use in public or discouraging its use in schools, all to promote national unity.

政府经常通过在公共场所或学校内禁止使用这些语言来试图扼杀少数民族语言，这些做法都是为了提升国家的凝聚力。