Question

Difference between linguistic minority and religious minority

Answer 1

A linguistic minority is a group or class of people whose mother tongue is different from the majority of the people in the state or part of the state. Examples are Bodo and Santali which are the languages of tribal people in India.

Where as a religious minority is a group or class of people whose religion is different from the majority of people in the state. A few examples are Muslims, Christians, Parsi etc.